Show potter posters long in use actually the poster or placard can trace its ancestry back bach almost to the dawn ot of civilization egyptian wall paintings mural decorations and abd inscriptions script ions produced more than years B 0 have been discovered by archaeologists archeologists the modern poster began with jules cheret a frenchman born in paris in 1830 self taught as a draughtsman ile he served his apprenticeship tice ship as a lithographer in england and when thirty years old became interested te in announcements of theatrical managers and placards put out about that time urging recruiting for armies in the world saw the first modern modem poster of chefets Ch erets an announcement of 0 a play enacted by sarah bernhardt hardt then hen twenty two years old the poster announced a fairy play entitled la diche au cols |