GEORGES DORIVAL (1879-1968) ROME. 42 1/2x30 3/4 inches, 108x78 cm. Robaudy, Cannes Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins, some affecting text; restored loss along right edge. The 13 km-long Alpine tunnel through Mount Cenis was completed in 1871, linking France's department of La Savoie with Italy's province of Turin. To encourage travelers on what was now a much shorter trip, the French Railway PLM used this evocatively colored image of Roman ruins to lure passengers to the Italian capital. Voyage p. 139.
