Nov 15, 2010 - Sale 2230

Sale 2230 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
CECIL KING (1881-1942) ROYAL ROTHESAY. Circa 1930.
39x49 inches, 99x124 1/2 cm. Jordison and Co., London.
Condition B+: minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; creases and abrasions at edges.
Situated on the small island of Butte, off Scotland's West Coast, Rothesay was a popular tourist destination up until the Second World War. The island was reached from the Scottish mainland via ferry (and a rail link to Glasgow), several of which are shown here unloading visitors onto the wooden pier.