PLM Paris Zermatt Mont Rose

Original antique Paris Lyon Mediterranee railway travel poster advertising Services directs entre Paris & Zermatt (Mont-Rose) via Dijon Pontarlier Lausanne featuring a picturesque watercolour by the notable painter and poster artist F. Hugo D'Alessi (1849-1906) depicting three different views with a train running past an old stone arch bridge over a mountain river in a valley in the centre titled Neubruck Vallee de la Viege, pine trees with a person on a horse and walkers enjoying a view of the snow topped mountains and Le Mont Cervin Matterhorn peak in the distance as the main image, and a sunset scene of the snowy mountain reflected on the calm water in a frame on the side titled Le Lac Noir, climbing picks and rope over a crest decorated with mountain flowers on a wooden pole by a waterfall on rocks in the foreground, the PLM letters against the blue sky above and title with the service information detailing the direct 20 hour transit times and ticket fare classes on the side below. Printed by Imp. A. Bellier & Cie, Bordeaux. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, restored paper losses, staining, backed on linen.