Nov 12, 2007 - Sale 2128

Sale 2128 - Lot 99

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BERT THOMAS (1883-1966) IT'S QUICKER BY RAIL!.
39 3/4x24 7/8 inches. Waterlow & Sons LTD., London.
Condition B+: restoration and repaired tears in margins, some affecting image.
Thomas began his career as a cartoonist, contributing hundreds of caricatures to such London-based periodicals as Punch and London Opinion. During World War I he designed several posters for the war effort. Here in his trademark style, he emphasizes travelling by train through an illustration of some of the perils of travelling by foot.