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Travel Poster Touraine Chateau de Chambord France - Original antique railway travel poster promoting train journeys to the historic province of Touraine by the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. The poster features a design by the celebrated French painter and illustrator Louis Tauzin (1842-1915), depicting Chateau de Chambord with its elaborate spires, chimneys, and towers, framed by the dark, overarching branches of a tree clad in golden autumnal foliage, casting a shimmering reflection across the calm waters of the Cosson River in the foreground. Built in the early 16th century to serve as a hunting lodge for King Francis I, Chambord is the largest chateau in the Loire Valley; the original design of the chateau is attributed to the Tuscan architect Domenico da Cortona, with possible influence of Leonardo da Vinci. Printed by Champenois in Paris. Good condition, restored tears, restored paper losses, creasing, paper losses, staining, backed on old linen. Country of issue: France, designer: Louis Tauzin, size (cm): 106x76, year of printing: 1900s.