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Brasseries de la Meuse, Ehrhardt Frères, 1891

A river goddess pours the Meuse into the brewery.

What

An anonymous 1891 poster for the Brasseries de la Meuse, formerly Maison Ehrhardt Frères, with works at Bar-le-Duc and Sèvres, printed by F. Champenois.

Why

Six years before Mucha, the same brewery and the same printer chose a classical figure and a view of the plant.

Notice

The water from her urn runs down into a panorama of chimneys, rail sidings and the long works building.

“The before picture to Mucha's 1897 sheet, from the same press.”

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 18x24" cleanly.

Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Printer: F. Champenois, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Brasseries de la Meuse. Ancienne Maison Ehrhardt Frères, affiche, 1891
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b53185406w

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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 2026-11-01. Published 1891, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Unknown authorUnknown author; Commons reads Public domain with {{CC-Zero}} {{Cc-zero}} {{Gallica}} {{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 seven 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 gone from the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.