Lakes Maggiore, Como & Lugano Travel Poster: Gotthard-Bahn by Gabriele Chiattone, 1906 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) had just begun its journey

had just begun its journey into the national consciousness

Chazen Museum of Art

The color lithography provides a wealth of detail and a striking visual experience

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Lakes Maggiore, Como & Lugano Travel Poster: Gotthard-Bahn by Gabriele Chiattone, 1906 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) had just begun its journeyGotthard Bahn, Laghi Maggiore, Como e Lugano by Gabriele Chiattone (1906) captures the romance of cross border travel between Switzerland and northern Italy at the height of the Belle poque. Commissioned for the Gotthard Railway, the poster sets a smiling young traveler in a white dress beneath an arch of pink blossom, the bough sweeping across a pastel sky as a white steamer slips over deep blue water and violet mountains fade into the distance. At