A vintage Absinthe poster of a previously undocumented large poster designed by Frederic Christol (1850-1933) and printed in 1910 by Berger & Levrault, Nancy . It was reproduced, with altered colours, as the frontpiece of Achille Melandri's book 'L'Etoile bleue - Absinthe, Vermouth, Bitter & Cie' in 1912. Charenton was the asylum for the insane just outside Paris, and a popular nickname for an Absinthe was 'Un Omnibus pour Charenton', on account of the number of Absinthe-soaked alcoholics who ended up there. Original size: 1.2m x 90cm. Buy this Absinthe Poster as an unframed print, a mounted box canvas print or a framed print.