Nov 23, 2021 - Sale 2589

Sale 2589 - Lot 103

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

E.J. KEALEY (DATES UNKNOWN)

ABERDEEN & COMMONWEALTH LINE / AUSTRALIA. Circa 1935.


39 3/4x24 3/4 inches, 101x62 3/4 cm. Gibbs & Gibbs, Ltd., London.
Condition B+ / A-: minor repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds. Framed.

In 1933, the Aberdeen Line merged with the Commonwealth Line to form the Aberdeen Commonwealth Line. No biographical information exists about Kealey, whose earliest poster dates to the First World War. He went on to design a number of prominent travel posters for various shipping lines and destinations.