Nov 11, 2005 - Sale 2056

Sale 2056 - Lot 89

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
WALTER THOMAS CUNARD / BOSTON TO EUROPE. Circa 1930.
391/2x251/2 inches. James Haworth & Bro., London.
Condition B+: restored losses, discoloration and repaired tears in margins; pinholes in corners; vertical and horizontal folds.
Thomas depicts one of three sister ships that were part of the Cunard Line's Liverpool-Queenstown-New York and Boston services, either the Laconia, the Samaria or the Scythia. Pictured in massive half-profile as she is either being brought into port or out of the harbor, the ship appears to bridge the distance between sea and sky.