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H.S. (HAROLD SANDYS) WILLIAMSON (1892-1978) LOADING AIR MAILS FOR THE EMPIRE / ROYAL MAIL. 1934. 29x36 1/2 inches, 66x92 3/4 cm. Condition B+: minor tears at edges, some slightly into image; small loss at upper left corner; minor creases and abrasions in image. Paper. Williamson was a painter and Headmaster at the Chelsea School of Art from 1930-1958. After serving England during the First World War, he began designing posters for London Transport, the Empire Marketing Board and the General Post Office, for whom he created a series of four images in 1934. All of his work bears a stylized, Art Deco sensibility, and this image, with its flat colors and Machine Age rendering of the ships, bears a strong resemblance to Roger Broders' image of Marseille harbor.
