Royal Mail Atlantis Cruises Original Travel Poster
- ca 1930s
- Kenneth Shoesmith (1890-1939)
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25 x 40 inches ~ (63 x 101 cm)$2,800
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Rare poster by a master of ship art. Shoesmith was primarily a maritime painter and the majority of his posters depict ships, although he also designed posters for the British Rail Companies and the Canadian Pacific.
Founded in 1839 as the RMSP (Royal Mail Steam Packet), the Royal Mail Line became the largest shipping group in the world in 1927 when they purchased the White Star Line. Throughout the 1930s, the company worked in close association with Shoesmith who designed many posters and postcards featuring Royal Mail ships.
Printed in England at the Baynard Press, London, S.W.
Please note this poster was previously framed, there is no excess linen around the edges. Repaired small tears, creases, minor abrasions and restoration at edges, along vertical and horizontal folds; small replaced loss in upper left corner.
