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Ambassadeurs, Le Charmeur d'Oiseaux, Chéret, 1876

A man in evening dress, birds on his hands.

What

Jules Chéret's poster for the bird charmer at the Café-Concert des Ambassadeurs, Champs-Élysées, printed at Chéret's own press; the BnF dates it 1876 and the sheet measures 81 by 62 cm; Broido 185.

Why

ENTRÉE LIBRE, says the base: entry was free, and the drinks paid for the show.

Notice

Birds perch and flutter around him in brown and red, and the lettering arches over his head.

“The café-concert's bargain written in two words.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Jules Chéret
Printer: Imprimerie J. Chéret, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Café concert des Ambassadeurs. Tous les soirs le Charmeur d'oiseaux. affiche, Jules Chéret, affiche, 1876
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b531920234

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Scan: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica; public domain. Hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Published 1876, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Jules Chéret; Commons reads Public domain with {{CC-Zero}} {{Cc-zero}} {{Gallica}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US}} {{SDC-PD-US}}. BnF Gallica scan: BnF asks for a licence for commercial reuse of its reproductions; flag for legal sign-off (the house already sells Gallica scans). Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.