Woman On Bicycle 74 - Wissembourg

An Alsatian woman takes a bicycle ride through the countryside in the summer. How modern she must have looked in 1880! This poster was created by the C. Burckardt printing firm, and is part of a larger series of posters that were produced during the 1880s and 1890s. The company was based in the Alsatian town of Wissembourg, along the French border with Germany, and was also known for their cutout puppets, puzzles for children, educational charts, and religious depictions. These posters were created during a time that the Alsace region belonged to Germany, when the town was still called Weissenburg. All posters in this series have been printed via stone lithography, in multiple panels. The black outlines on this poster were printed, but all colors have actually been hand-painted by the print house, making it a unique item of sorts. This hand painting was usually done by women and children, while the lithography was run through the men in the shop. While the subject matter of these p