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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
KENNETH SHOESMITH (1890-1939)
ROYAL MAIL / 'ATLANTIS' CRUISES. Circa 1930s.
40 1/2x25 1/2 inches, 103x64 3/4 cm. Baynard Press, London. Condition B+: repaired tears, creases, minor abrasions and restoration at edges, in image and along vertical and horizontal folds; small replaced loss in upper left corner. Framed.
Founded in 1839 as the RMSP (Royal Mail Steam Packet), the Royal Mail Line became the largest shipping group in the world in 1927 when they purchased the White Star Line. Throughout the 1930s, the company worked in close association with Shoesmith who designed many posters and postcards featuring Royal Mail ships. Shoesmith was primarily a maritime painter and the majority of his posters depict ships, although he also designed posters for the British Rail Companies and the Canadian Pacific.
