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Ambassadeurs, Gavrochinette, Choubrac, 1890

A street kid with his hands in his pockets.

What

Alfred Choubrac's poster for Gavrochinette at the Ambassadeurs, from the Ateliers Choubrac, dated 1890 on the BnF record.

Why

Gavroche is the Paris street boy of Les Misérables, and the act made him a song.

Notice

The figure wears a cap, a red and white checked scarf and a jacket two sizes too large.

“A Paris type, sold back to Paris.”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.

Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Alfred Choubrac
Printer: Ateliers Choubrac, Colombes
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Ambassadeurs. Gavrochinette, affiche, 1890
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9003807w

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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 1890, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Alfred Choubrac; Commons reads Public domain with {{PD-France}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-X-expired}} {{PD-old-auto-expired}} {{PD-old-text}} {{SDC-PD-old}}. 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.