Nov 11, 2005 - Sale 2056

Sale 2056 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 2,530
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
PETER EWART TRAVEL CANADIAN PACIFIC ACROSS CANADA. Circa 1947.
36x241/2 inches.
Condition A.
A powerful Selkirk locomotive is steaming out of a tunnel. In the distance, the snowy peaks of the Canadian Rockies are highlighted by the sun. In the years after World War II, "the largest steam locomotives to be built for the C. P. R. made impressive subjects for the graphic artists" (Canadian Pacific p. 59). Canadian Pacific np.