Haute Engadine, Switzerland Travel Poster: Chemins de fer de l’Est by Frederic Hugo d’Alési, 1910 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) Sherwood Forest

Sherwood Forest

making works like this a window into both place and era

it was a major center for the cloth industry

demonstrating Audubon’s deep commitment to capturing the essence of his subjects

and diversity

Haute Engadine, Switzerland Travel Poster: Chemins de fer de l’Est by Frederic Hugo d’Alési, 1910 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) Sherwood ForestChemins de fer de lEst Haute Engadine by Frederic Hugo dAlsi (1910) evokes the golden age of Alpine tourism, inviting travelers from the French Eastern Railway into Switzerlands sunlit Upper Engadine. This high valley in the canton of Graubndenhome to St. Moritz, Sils, and Silvaplanawas famed for bracing air, crystalline lakes, and grand hotels, all of which are captured in the posters panoramic sweep. The composition revels in a classic Belle poque