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Cognac Bisquit, Dubouché & Co., 1903

A cellar master checks the colour through his spectacles.

What

A poster for Cognac Bisquit of Dubouché & Co., printed by F. Champenois in Paris in 1903; the BnF lists the maker as unidentified.

Why

The name appears a second time, in Arabic script, on the cellar wall behind him.

Notice

He holds the bottle to the light in a blue apron, and the cases and casks behind him carry the Bisquit Dubouché stencil.

“A Charente cognac house, lettered for two alphabets.”

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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$29.00

Provenance

Live mark — art history only

Printer: F. Champenois, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Cognac Bisquit. Dubouché & C°, affiche, 1903
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b6909662t

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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 1903, before the 1930 cutoff; maker unidentified; Commons reads Public domain with {{PD-France}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-assumed}} {{PD-old-assumed-text}} {{PD-old-assumed/core}} {{PD-old-warning-text}} {{SDC-PD-US}} {{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). Live mark (Bisquit), flagged in drink.markStatus; nominative title only.

Bisquit is a live mark, still on shelves today. This piece is sold strictly as art history — not as marketing, endorsement, or affiliation.