affiche
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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 Hugh Gibson
The Kommandant put up an affiche on the hedge, forbidding any one to decorate the grave.
From One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather
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
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
The paper they were going to prosecute was an affiche calling upon the French people to overthrow l'aristocratie bourgeoise, which was as bad as the other, and to divide the lands.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough
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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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
Providence set up no affiches to announce the tragedy.
From The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams