FRANCISCO TAMAGNO (1851 - ?) IMPRIMERIE CAMIS. 1897. 38 1/2x24 1/2 inches, 98x63 cm. Maison G. Olmer & J. Hesbert, Paris. Condition B+: overpainting in bottom margin; repaired tears and creases in margins and image. Printed on thick stock. This poster, a self-promotion for the great Parisian printing house Camis, is a veritable who's-who of the most memorable advertising icons of the 1890s. Camis always advertised that he had the biggest printing presses in the world, and here, in an allegory of lithographic creation, one of the presses is shown spewing forth a cascade of the posters and poster characters designed by the company in recent years. Here, the work of four of Camis' best artists is on display: Firmin Bouisset (Chocolat Meunier and Job), Guillaume (Biere Georges, Grog Dupit, Liqueur Hannapier, Duclerc, etc.), Bac (Yvette Guilbert), and Francisco Tamagno (Absinthe Terminus, Absinthe Cusenier, Liebig, Cycles Peugeot, etc.) In this poster some of these advertising icons are identified, others are not. It presents an enticing prospect for poster collectors to attempt to identify all the characters. Most likely this image was designed by Tamagno. Le Livre de l'Affiche cover and p. 82, Imprimerie p. 65.
