MONTAGUE BIRRELL BLACK (1884-1964) [WHITE STAR LINE / OLYMPIC & TITANIC.] Circa 1910. 29 3/4x39 3/4 inches, 75 1/2x101 cm. [Liverpool Printing & Stationery Company.] Condition A / A-: small foxing spots in image. Mounted on board. In original White Star Line company frame. Montague B. Black and Fred Pansing were two of the artists who produced most of the paintings and postcards for the White Star Line through the 1920s. This image of the Olympic and the Titanic passing at sea (the Titanic in the distance), based on a painting by Black, was also used as a postcard. The poster originally had a green border bearing the caption, "White Star Line / Olympic 45,000 tons - Titanic 45,000 tons the Largest Steamers in the world." Printed in a relatively small number to hang in White Star Offices, only a few copies have survived. Most likely the borders were removed from copies of the original poster after the catastrophic maiden voyage of the Titanic.
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