?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
EDWARD WRIGHT (DATES UNKNOWN) CUNARD LINE / "CARMANIA" / "CARONIA." 1905. 39x24 1/2 inches, 91x62 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears and restored losses at edges; minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. The Carmania and Caronia were the first two ships built as the result of an ambitious shipbuilding program (and generous loan package) from the British government. Each with a 1905 maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York, the press was quick to dub the sister ships "Grand Dames of the Atlantic." At the outbreak of World War I, they were each refitted for military duty and managed to return to commercial service after the war. Weallans p. 43.
