Lakes Maggiore, Como & Lugano Travel Poster: Gotthard-Bahn by Gabriele Chiattone, 1906 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) and Groningen—each now a thriving

and Groningen—each now a thriving urban center

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

Chazen Museum of Art

On one side of the mug is Buckingham House (as it was known then

Lakes Maggiore, Como & Lugano Travel Poster: Gotthard-Bahn by Gabriele Chiattone, 1906 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) and Groningen—each now a thrivingGotthard 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