The history of posters begins in the 15th century with woodcut broadsides, which were crude, text-heavy announcements selling everything from religious indulgences to political decrees. But the modern poster as we know it, emerged in the late 19th century, propelled by the Industrial Revolution and the blossoming field of lithography. This new technology allowed for mass production of vibrant, colourful images, perfect for capturing the attention of urban crowds.

Paris of the 1920s became the artistic hub for these posters. Jules Chéret, the "father of the modern poster," seduced onlookers with his graceful Art Nouveau figures promoting theatres and nightclubs. Alphonse Mucha, conjured up otherworldly beauty with his flowing gowns and dreamy landscapes for products like Sarah Bernhardt's theatrical productions.

The poster's purpose expanded in the early 20th century. Consumer brands like Coca-Cola and Guinness employed bold typography and iconic imagery to etch themselves into public more...

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Howard Arkley 'Nick Cave' National Gallery of Victoria…

Howard Arkley's Nick Cave Exhibition Poster, Framed and Mounted

Howard Arkley 'Nick Cave' National Gallery of Victoria exhibition poster, circa 2006, framed and mounted, 75 x 57 cm overall

1950 Capstan 'Giants of the Past' cricket Calender:…

1950 Cricket Test Records Calender with Image

1950 Capstan 'Giants of the Past' cricket Calender: poster-sized calender, showing the test records of leading batsman and bowlers for England (on the left) and Australia (on the right), with a large colour image at the top of an 1873 game between England…

Buffalo bill original wild West poster, 20th century, acrylic…

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Poster

Buffalo bill original wild West poster, 20th century, acrylic on canvas, unframed, 260 x 350 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Quantity Alternative & Arthouse Daybills - 20 mostly 1970s &…

Arthouse & Alternative Daybills: 1970s-80s Australian Releases

Quantity Alternative & Arthouse Daybills - 20 mostly 1970s & 80s Australian release daybills & promo posters. Including, 2001 A Space Odyssey, White Line Fever, Vanishing Point, Big Meat Eater, Where the Buffalo Roam, Elephant Man, Braindead, 2 rare long…

Collection including 'The story of the Davis Cup' by Wallis…

Tennis Collection: Davis Cup, Signed Covers, Ephemera, and More

Collection including 'The story of the Davis Cup' by Wallis Myers [London, 1913]; 'How to Play Tennis' by Harry Hopman [Melbourne, 1937]; 'The Davis cup Story' [Sydney, 1947]; postcards (19) 2 signed by Evonne Goolagong-Cawley & Martina Hingis; signed…

Gert Sellheim (1901 - 1970), The Seaside : Travel By Train,…

The Seaside: Train Travel

Gert Sellheim (1901 - 1970), The Seaside : Travel By Train, colour process lithograph, c1930s, signed in image at right, Victorian Railways Poster No.176, laid down on linen, 101 x 64 cm. An extremely rare image by this iconic artist. Not previously seen…

Gert Sellheim (1901 - 1970), Sea & Sunshine Go By Train!,…

Sea & Sunshine by Train

Gert Sellheim (1901 - 1970), Sea & Sunshine Go By Train!, colour process lithograph, c1930s, signed in image at left, Victorian Railways Poster No.153, laid down on linen, 101 x 63 cm. An extremely rare image by this iconic artist. The first time we have…

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition…

Basquiat/Haring Exhibition Poster

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition poster, number 4. Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1981. National Gallery of Victoria poster. Framed. 58 cm x 41 cm

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition…

Basquiat & Haring Exhibition Poster: Irony of Negro Policeman

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition poster, Irony of a Negro Policeman. Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1981. National Gallery of Victoria poster. Framed. 58 cm x 41 cm

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition…

Basquiat/Haring Exhibition Poster

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition poster, untitled. Keith Haring 1982. National Gallery of Victoria poster. Framed. 58 cm x 41 cm

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition…

Basquiat/Haring Exhibition Poster

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition poster, Unititled. Kieth Haring. 1982. National Gallery of Victoria poster. Framed. 58 cm x 41 cm

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition…

Basquiat/Haring Exhibition Poster: Crossing Lines

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition poster, Because it urts the Lungs. Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1986. National Gallery of Victoria poster. Framed. 58 cm x 41 cm

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition…

Basquiat & Haring: Crossing Lines

Crossing lines - Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring exhibition poster, Unititled. Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1982. National Gallery of Victoria poster. Framed. 58 cm x 41 cm

Gilt framed exhibition poster, 'Paire-Raphaelites Victorian Art…

Victorian Art Exhibition Poster

Gilt framed exhibition poster, 'Paire-Raphaelites Victorian Art and Design.', issued by National Gallery of Art, Washington Feb-May 2013 - John Everett Millais' Ophelia, overall frame dimensions (72 x 90 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer

Harold Emanuel Freedman (1915 - 1999), men of service (the…

Men of Service

Harold Emanuel Freedman (1915 - 1999), men of service (the driver), colour lithographic poster, circa 1947, poster No.247 for Victorian Railways, printed by F.W. Niven. Linen backed, 101 x 63 cm.

Christo, Wool Works National Gallery of Victoria, 1969…

Wool Works Exhibition Poster by Christo

Christo, Wool Works National Gallery of Victoria, 1969 Exhibition poster, 89 x 51 cm.

Victorian Railways. Fast Goods Trains between Melbourne -…

Fast Goods Trains: Melbourne to Sydney and Adelaide (1930s)

Victorian Railways. Fast Goods Trains between Melbourne - Sydney and Melbourne - Adelaide, c1930s, Process lithograph. Linen-backed. 101 x 62 cm. Text continues: 'Mondays to Saturdays, inclusive, each way. Full information from the Stationmaster. The…

James Northfield, (Australian, 1887-1973). The Dandenong Ranges,…

Dandenong Ranges by James Northfield

James Northfield, (Australian, 1887-1973). The Dandenong Ranges, Victoria Australia, c1935 colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 99 x 64 cm. Linen-backed. Text continues: 'Take a Kodak. Victorian Railways Australia. Poster No.214. A particularly…

Victorian Railways Travel Poster, to the Zoo by train, c1930s,…

Zoo Train Travel Poster

Victorian Railways Travel Poster, to the Zoo by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'Take a Kodak camera. VR [Victorian Railways], Poster No. 261. W.M. Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne.

Victorian Railways Travel Poster to the Hills by train, c1930s,…

Hills by Train: Victorian Railways Poster

Victorian Railways Travel Poster to the Hills by train, c1930s, Process lithograph in colour, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 269. W.M. Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne'

Victorian Railways Travel Poster in town tonight...by train,…

Town Tonight by Train

Victorian Railways Travel Poster in town tonight...by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'W.M. Houston, Govt. Print., Melb.'

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to The Shops (between 10…

Shop by Train

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to The Shops (between 10 And 4) by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 241. P.C. Grosser Litho, Melbourne.'

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Beach by train,…

Beach Bound by Train

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Beach by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 240. P.C. Grosser Litho, Melbourne.'

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Cinema by train,…

Cinema by Train

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Cinema by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 239. P.C. Grosser Litho, Melbourne.'

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to The Shops (between 10…

Shop by Train

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to The Shops (between 10 And 4) by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 238. P.C. Grosser Litho, Melbourne.'

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Hills by train,…

Come to the Hills by Train

Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Hills by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 236. Take a Kodak Camera'

James Northfield (Australian, 1887-1973) Apollo Bay, Victoria,…

Apollo Bay, Victoria: Kodak Moment

James Northfield (Australian, 1887-1973) Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia (Great Ocean Road) c1930s colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 100.5 x 64.3 cm. Linen-backed. ''Take a Kodak.' Poster no. 226. Victorian Railways Australia. Queen City…

Take The Family To The Zoo, Travel By Fast Electric Train To…

Zoo Train Ride

Take The Family To The Zoo, Travel By Fast Electric Train To Royal Park, c1915 colour lithograph (Rail Travel Poster) Take The Family To The Zoo ? Travel By Fast Electric Train To Royal Park, c1920s colour lithograph, signed 'J. Hack' in image lower…

Trucking time table, Dunlop poster & Holden manual. Dunlop…

Trucking Schedule, Dunlop Poster & Holden Manual

Trucking time table, Dunlop poster & Holden manual. Dunlop black & white poster (71 x 46 cm), Dunlop rubber Australia limited 1946; the wheel of the Road, Victorian Road Transport Services, time table booklet 1934-5. Soft covers,40 pages, the tourist…

Stay At The Chalet Mt Buffalo National Park, Invigorating all…

Chalet Mt Buffalo: Year-Round Invigoration

Stay At The Chalet Mt Buffalo National Park, Invigorating all the year round., c1950s, colour process lithograph, 99 x 62 cm. Linen-backed., text at base: 'W.M. Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne.

Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, No Fog. No Frost!, Mornington…

Winter Sunshine on Mornington Peninsula

Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, No Fog. No Frost!, Mornington & Mount Martha For Winter Sunshine. Victoria, Australia, Take a Kodak, c1930s, colour process lithograph, 101 x 63 cm. Linen-backed., Text & logo lower right 'Poster No. 172. Victorian…

Victorian Railways Travel Poster, Come to The Shops (between 10…

Shop by Train

Victorian Railways Travel Poster, Come to The Shops (between 10 And 4) by train, c1930s. Process lithograph, 101 x 62 cm. Linen-backed., Text at base reads: 'VR [Victorian Railways], Poster No. 238. P.C. Grosser Litho, Melbourne.

Percy Trompf [1902-1964], Victorian & Melbourne Centenary…

Percy Trompf's Victorian & Melbourne Centenary Celebrations

Percy Trompf [1902-1964], Victorian & Melbourne Centenary Celebrations, Australia., 1934 Colour lithograph, signed and with Australian National Travel Association logo in image at lower right, 50 x 63 cm. Linen-backed., Text includes ''This will be the…

Hutton's Pine-Apple Brand Hams & Bacon, c1910s Linocut, 77.5 x…

Hutton's Pine-Apple Brand Hams & Bacon

Hutton's Pine-Apple Brand Hams & Bacon, c1910s Linocut, 77.5 x 102.3 cm. Linen-backed., J.T. Picken, Printer, Melbourne., James Curruthers Hutton established a 3 storey bacon factory in Preston, Victoria in 1873. Hutton gradually built up the business and…

Victoria Australia A Winter Wonderland' snow skiing poster…

Victoria's Winter Wonderland Ski Poster

Victoria Australia A Winter Wonderland' snow skiing poster issued by The Tourist Development Authority of Victoria, c1960s. colour process lithograph, 101 x 63.5 cm.

Australia: c.1880s 'Victoria Coffee Palace Next to Town Hall,…

Victorian Coffee Palace Advertisement

Australia: c.1880s 'Victoria Coffee Palace Next to Town Hall, Melbourne. Three Minutes from Flinders St Station. Trams Pass the Door' two-sheet advertising poster, size 101 x 64 cm, linen-backed, some repairs. Coffee Palaces were large and elaborate…

South Western Victoria By Train..', Colour lithographic poster,…

Train Travel in South Western Victoria

South Western Victoria By Train..', Colour lithographic poster, signed '(Clive) Trewin' in image lower right, 101 x 64 cm. Linen-backed. Text continues 'To Geelong, Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Portland. W.M. Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne.

A vintage Victorian 'Colemans Starch' advertising poster, twin…

Victorian Twins on Colemans Starch Poster

A vintage Victorian 'Colemans Starch' advertising poster, twin young girls in period dress standing on a wooden box. Paper stuck on a linen backing with wooden stretchers. Dimensions 73 cm x 9 cm.

c1935 chromolithograph poster 'Victoria's First Hundred Years'.…

Victoria's First Hundred Years Poster

c1935 chromolithograph poster 'Victoria's First Hundred Years'. Framed and glazed. 50 x 40 cm

1950s Melbourne Cup Poster, 'See you at the Melbourne Cup,…

Melbourne Cup: See You in November

1950s Melbourne Cup Poster, 'See you at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November', artwork by Shattock showing boots, cap, silks & whip, published by Tourist Development Authority of Victoria, colour lithograph, printed by McLaren & Co, Melbourne,…

c1940 Victorian Railways poster No.208, 'Wilson's Promontory,…

Wilson's Promontory - Victorian Railways Poster

c1940 Victorian Railways poster No.208, 'Wilson's Promontory, Victoria - Australia', artwork by E.H.Turnor Studio, colour process lithograph, size 101 x 64 cm, linen-backed.

C1960s 'Mildura' travel poster printed by A.C.Brooks…

Mildura Travel Poster by Trewin - Rare Find

C1960s 'Mildura' travel poster printed by A.C.Brooks [Melbourne], artwork by Trewin. A poster previously unknown to our rooms. Rare 101 x 63 cm

C1930s travel poster 'Victorian Alps For Winter Sports'. Art…

Victorian Alps Winter Sports

C1930s travel poster 'Victorian Alps For Winter Sports'. Art work by Gert Sellheim. linen backed. 61 cm x 23 cm. Condition B+. Rare

A vintage travel poster, 'Africa. Fly There by B.O.A.C.',…

Fly to Africa with B.O.A.C

A vintage travel poster, 'Africa. Fly There by B.O.A.C.', depicting a simple stylised zebra and buffalo on a dark teal ground. 105 cm x 63.5 cm

Victorian Railways advertising poster No. 61 'Take the Family…

Family Zoo Trip by Fast Train

Victorian Railways advertising poster No. 61 'Take the Family to the Zoo' by H. Jack, circa 1920s, lithograph in colours, 'Travel By/ Fast Electric Train/ To/ Royal Park', signed lower right corner 'H. Jack', printed by ' J.E. Hackett, print. Melb.',…

c1960s 'Peninsula Paradise Victoria, Australia, Where Summer…

Peninsula Paradise: Summer in Victoria

c1960s 'Peninsula Paradise Victoria, Australia, Where Summer Lingers', printed by A.C.Brooks (Melbourne) for the Tourist Development Authority in conjunction with Peninsula Development Association, colour lithograph, size 101 x 63 cm. Condition A

c1960s 'Victoria Australia Pink Heath', Government of Victoria…

Victoria Tourist Lithographs

c1960s 'Victoria Australia Pink Heath', Government of Victoria Tourist Development Authority, lithograph, size 99 x 63 cm. Condition A-. 'Fly Teal Victoria the Holiday State. Sun Tan in the Snow this Winter' printed by A.C.Brooks for the Tourist…

Posters & Maps, noted poster-sized maps: Railways of Australia,…

Vintage Railways of Australia Posters & Maps

Posters & Maps, noted poster-sized maps: Railways of Australia, 1957 & 1961, showing all systems; Sra NSW, 'Trackfast', 1982 map of NSW lines, showing details of all stations open for parcel's traffic; Victorian Railways: 'Fares From This Station to:',…

'Come On Boys, Follow the Flag!', artist James Northfield…

Follow the Flag

'Come On Boys, Follow the Flag!', artist James Northfield (Australian, 1888-1973), colour lithographic poster in 6 sheets. Published by Troedel & Cooper, Melbourne. Issued by the Recruiting Committee of Victoria. Illustrated in Hetherington, James…

'No Fog, No Frost! Mornington & Mount Martha For Winter…

Winter Sunshine in Mornington & Mount Martha, Australia

'No Fog, No Frost! Mornington & Mount Martha For Winter Sunshine. Victoria. Australia', c.1930s colour process lithographic travel poster, backed on linen. Condition: B+., 101 x 64 cm. Text continues 'Poster No 172. Take a Kodak. Victorian Railways,…