Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 95

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HARRY HUDSON RODMELL (1896-1984) LIVERPOOL BELFAST. Circa 1950s.
39 3/4x25 inches, 101x63 1/2 cm. Carew Wilson Massey Ltd., London.
Condition A / A-: unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds.
The Ulster Monarch and the Ulster Prince pass each other in the night, on the cross channel service from Britain to Ireland. An accomplished maritime artist and designer of numerous posters for shipping companies, this poster is a streamlined, more contemporary image than Rodmell was known for. Both ships were decommissioned in 1966.