"Canadian Pacific"--printed at the top in bold script, red on the grey background. "Norman Wilkinson"--artist's signature reproduced in the lower left corner of the image. "Empress of Scotland, 26,000 gross tons"--printed below the image to the right, block type in white on grey background. "Printed in Great Britain by Nissen & Arnold Ltd., 11-12 Bury street, London, E.C.3"--small type, lower right corner, along the margin. "1951"--on verso, in ms., in pencil, lower right corner. The Empress of Scotland was the second Candian Pacific vessel with this name; originally she was named the Empress of Japan, but was renamed Empress of Scotland in 1942 following the attack on Pearl Harbor; returned to CP in 1948 and refurbished; sold by CP to Hamburg-Atlantic Line in 1958 and renamed Hanseatic. Focus of item: Empress of Scotland.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 42.7 x 56.7 cm (16 13/16 x 22 5/16 in.) ; overall 101 x 63.4 cm (39 3/4 x 24 15/16 in.)
Empress of Scotland (Steamship : 1942-1958) Ocean liners--Canada--20th century--Pictorial works Passenger ships--Canada--20th century Ships--20th century--Pictorial works Steamboat lines--Canada Shipping--Canada Marine prints--20th century Posters, British--20th century Canadian Pacific Railway Company Canadian Pacific Railway Company--Public relations Advertising--Canada--Posters--20th century Posters, travel
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Posters Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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