Nov 23, 2021 - Sale 2589

Sale 2589 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

LUSITANIA / CUNARD LINE / NEW YORK - LIVERPOOL. Circa 1910.


27 1/2x38 1/2 inches, 69 3/4x97 3/4 cm. The H.D. Beach Co., Coshockton, Ohio.
Condition B+: slight staining and abrasions in image. Company-issued chromolithograph on tin.

The Lusitania's maiden voyage was in 1907. A fast and elegant ship, it entered into popular culture and immortality when she was sunk by German torpedoes on May 7th 1915, a horrific event which helped precipitate the United States' entry into World War I. Self-framed within a decorative printed border of nautical rope.