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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
FRANK H. MASON CONTINENT VIA HARWICH. Circa 1928. 383/4x49 inches. S. C. Allen, London. Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears in image. Framed. The four major British railway companies "were major owners of docks and ships" (Railway p. 23), and consequently created a lot of advertising promoting travel to Europe. The LNER's most prominent passenger service was from the port of Harwich, from whence their ships sailed to the Hook of Holland, Flushing and Zeebrugge, then trains went on to Germany and Central Europe. This evocative image is unusual within the genre of travel posters as it depicts neither an exotic destination, nor the mighty engines that could take you there. Rather it creates a mood: the romantic moonlit crossing of the English Channel.
