affiche
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I caught the heading of the affiche: "Music-Hall-Eldorado."
From Jaffery by Locke, William John
The Germans got out an affiche of news this morning, stating that "les troupes Allemands ont fait des progrès sur certains points."
From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh
Meanwhile the Aldermen were busy preparing a new affiche which was soon being posted up in all directions.
From A Woman's Experience in the Great War by Mack, Louise
Perhaps the most intolerable thing is the affiche of idolatry for Baudelaire.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
Sublimity glares from the theatrical hand-bill, and the menagerie affiche.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
Gazing into the windows of Elbé, the Paris shop selling affiches de voyages — antique travel posters — makes these past few months recede like a bad dream.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2021
Though the posters are now displayed and sold as artworks, this wasn’t always the case; it wasn’t until the 1980s that affiches de voyages began to be considered collectibles.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2021
As France's most successful poster artist, Colin turned out the best affiches since Toulouse-Lautrec, and he had mastered his predecessor's trick of seizing a subject's single feature and turning it into an artistic stop sign.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Suspended over the club chimney-piece was the usual notice-board, a perfect encyclopædia in its way, and covered with a trellis-work of crimson tape for the purpose of retaining the various affiches.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian
An old favourite was described in the affiches as le Due de Nouveau-Cirque.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 4, 1890 by Various