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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
FELIX SCHWORMSTÄDT (1870-1938) HAMBURG - AMERIKA LINIE / VERGNÜGUNGSREISEN ZUR SEE. Circa 1904. 41 1/2x26 3/4 inches, 105 1/2x68 cm. Institute Act. Ges. Vorm. O. Troitzsch, Berlin. Condition B+: minor creases and abrasions in margins and along horizontal folds; tape on verso; bottom margin slightly trimmed. Paper. The concept of "Pleasure Cruising," as opposed to using a steam ship to travel from one destination to another, was originated by Albert Ballin, the director of the Hamburg America Line. The first pleasure cruise was a 57-day Mediterranean tour that left Cuxhaven in 1891. While it is impossible to identify the ship on which these elegantly-attired travelers are enjoying a leisurely afternoon, the ship in the background is the Deutschland, the Hamburg America Line's only four-stacker, whose maiden voyage was in 1900. Schwormstädt was a painter and illustrator who worked for both the Hamburg America Line and North German Lloyd Bremen. This is the German version. Passenger Ships front end-paper, Monarchs p. 165, Chemnitz 449.
