He was also well known for his advertising illustrations for Byrrh apéritif wine
During the First World War
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the monthly package included a bonus of a specially created lithograph
L'Eclair - Journal Politique Indépendant 1897 Original Print RefPO#08 He was also well knownLes Maitres de L'Affiche 1897 Planche # 222 L'Eclair Journal Politique Indpendant About the poster: Henry Atwell Thomas (1834 1904), an American painter and lithographer, was 63 and relatively unknown as an artist when he submitted this design to a competition sponsored by the Parisian newspaper LEclair. The jury, comprised of Mucha, Steinlen, Cheret, Forain, Guillaume, Grasset, and Willette, chose this poster out of 500 entries. And yet, despite this