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Eugénie Buffet, Ambassadeurs, Métivet, 1890

A singer walks through the snow past her own name.

What

Lucien Métivet's poster for Eugénie Buffet at the Ambassadeurs, printed by Charles Verneau, dated 1890 on the BnF record.

Why

Buffet sang the songs of the Paris street, and Métivet put her on it, in a winter coat with a red scarf.

Notice

Her name is painted on the wall behind her like a slogan, and AMBASSADEURS is lettered in the snow at her feet.

“A singer who built a career on the street's own voice.”

Format

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Lucien Métivet
Printer: Charles Verneau, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Eugénie Buffet, tous les soirs Ambassadeurs, affiche, 1890
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b90171411

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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 Lucien Métivet; Commons reads Public domain with {{PD-France}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-X-expired}} {{PD-old-auto-expired}} {{PD-old-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). 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.