This original 1900 travel poster by Louis Lemoine-Maudet promotes the rail and ferry connection linking Paris to London via Dieppe and Newhaven, issued by the Chemins de fer de l’Ouest et de Brighton at the height of the Belle Époque travel boom. Created in the context of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the poster reflects the growing ease and glamour of international tourism between France and Britain at the turn of the twentieth century.
The elegant composition features a fashionable woman overlooking the Thames at Windsor, parasol in hand, embodying the refined leisure culture associated with modern rail travel. The background panorama of the river landscape contrasts with detailed inset vignettes highlighting railway stations, infrastructure, and the efficiency of the Paris–London route departing from Gare Saint-Lazare.
Typical of Lemoine-Maudet’s poster style, the image combines decorative elegance with promotional clarity. Rich colour, graceful costume detail, and a balanced composition evoke both the sophistication of Belle Époque illustration and the optimism surrounding technological progress in transportation.
Today, this poster stands as both a striking example of early twentieth-century travel advertising and a visual document of the expanding European rail network, capturing a moment when international travel was becoming faster, more accessible, and distinctly fashionable.
Original Poster
Railway - Tourism - United Kingdom
The Thames at Windsor - Saint Lazare Station - World's Fair
Printed by Chaix in Paris
Good condition, slight creases
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