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Bénédictine

Poster
ca.1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bénédictine is a digestif that has been manufactured in Fécamp, a small fishing town in Normandy, since the sixteenth century.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBénédictine (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Bénédictine de Labbaye de Fecamp. Poster (on 2 sheets joined), designed by Alphonse Mucha, advertising a liqueur. Colour lithograph, ca.1900.
Physical description
Colour poster on two sheets joined.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 210.2cm
  • Size of sheet width: 76.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Mucha' (Signed)
Summary
Bénédictine is a digestif that has been manufactured in Fécamp, a small fishing town in Normandy, since the sixteenth century.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1108-1963

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Record createdAugust 11, 2008
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