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Cinématographe Lumière, 1896
An audience laughs at a hose prank.
What
An 1896 French poster by Marcellin Auzolle advertising the Cinématographe Lumière, the Lumière camera and projector.
Why
The Lumière machine both filmed and projected, and the record adds that it could also print films from the negative.
Notice
On the screen a garden hose sprays across a path while the packed row below rears back, and the name runs in heavy yellow capitals across the foot.
“An audience meets the movies”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Cinématographe Lumière (1896)
- Country / studio
- France
- Designer
- Marcellin Auzolle
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- French poster, colour lithograph, 1896
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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