MONTAGUE BIRRELL BLACK (1884-1964) WHITE STAR - DOMINION LINE / TO CANADA. Circa 1920. 40 1/4x24 3/4 inches, 102 1/4x62 3/4 cm. The Liverpool Printing & Stationery Company Limited, Liverpool. Condition A-: minor abrasions and light foxing in margins; slight darkening in upper right margin. Mounted on thin paper. Montague Birrell Black produced many of the paintings, postcards and posters for the White Star Line through the 1920s. He also worked for other transportation companies, like the French Line and Blue Star Line, the London Underground and the British Railway. The Dominion Line had its roots in a company founded in 1870 called Liverpool & Mississippi Steamship Company, which changed its name to Mississippi & Dominion Steamship Company. Their original goal was to link New Orleans with Liverpool, which quickly abandoned in favor of a Canadian route. In 1902 the Dominion Line was bought out by a large shipping conglomerate which included the White Star Line. From 1908, the resulting White Star-Dominion Line ran passengers and freight to Canada, and remained in service until 1926, when the name was changed to White Star Line Canadian Service.
