Lakes Maggiore, Como & Lugano Travel Poster: Gotthard-Bahn by Gabriele Chiattone, 1906 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) His comprehensive series "The Birds

His comprehensive series "The Birds of America" remains one of the most significant ornithological works

Because every map is customised by hand

or anyone who appreciates the poetry of light

had just begun its journey into the national consciousness

On one side of the mug is Buckingham House (as it was known then

Lakes Maggiore, Como & Lugano Travel Poster: Gotthard-Bahn by Gabriele Chiattone, 1906 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) His comprehensive series "The BirdsGotthard Bahn, Laghi Maggiore, Como e Lugano by Gabriele Chiattone (1906) captures the romance of cross border travel between Switzerland and northern Italy at the height of the Belle poque. Commissioned for the Gotthard Railway, the poster sets a smiling young traveler in a white dress beneath an arch of pink blossom, the bough sweeping across a pastel sky as a white steamer slips over deep blue water and violet mountains fade into the distance. At