Geneva Travel Poster: Chemin de Fer P.L.M. by F. Hugo d’Alesi, 1893 Size:A3 (297x420mm) Corsham (900s): Corsham is a

Corsham (900s): Corsham is a delightful market town with a wealth of historic buildings

where peaks rise steeply and catch the light

juxtaposed with his adept use of pattern and form

Place de l’Opéra

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Geneva Travel Poster: Chemin de Fer P.L.M. by F. Hugo d’Alesi, 1893 Size:A3 (297x420mm) Corsham (900s): Corsham is aChemin de Fer P. L. M. Genve by Frdric Hugo dAlesi (1893) is a luminous Belle poque travel poster celebrating the gateway to Switzerland: Geneva. Commissioned by the ParisLyonMditerrane (P. L. M.) railway at the height of European grand tourism, it entices the viewer with a sweeping lakeside panorama and the promise of effortless rail connections from France into the Alps. In the composition, a tall white plume of the Jet dEau rises from the serene