Aug 01, 2007 - Sale 2120

Sale 2120 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
SIR BERNARD PARTRIDGE TAKE UP THE SWORD OF JUSTICE.
59 1/2x39 inches. (151 x 99 cm.) David Allen & Sons. LTD, Harrow.
Condition B: repaired tears restoration, creases, and abrasions in margins and image.
As if rising up out of the Atlantic Ocean, Britania in a long flowing white gown and a red cape, is dramatically holding out a gilded sword. Behind her is the cause of her anger, the sinking Lusitania and the piteously outstretched arms of those who drowned after the ship was torpedoed by a German submarine. One of at least two variations.