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affiche

[a-feesh] / aˈfiʃ /




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But it was not till three o'clock in the morning that the word "Victory!" was proclaimed by an affiche on the walls to the terrified population of Bruxelles!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 566, September 15, 1832 by Various

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 Lewis Gaylord Clark

But the duke cannot stand this open affiche, and withdraws his allowances.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

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 George Saintsbury

The Kommandant put up an affiche on the hedge, forbidding any one to decorate the grave.

From One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather

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

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

They go about the country canvassing for their husbands; wear the colours of the party; and have affiches sometimes in their windows.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington


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