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Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster Paris All The Way To Europe French Line

About the Item

Original vintage cruise travel poster - Paris all the way to Europe When you board any French Line ship you step right into Paris itself! French Line CGT Bits of France afloat. Stunning design featuring the SS Paris (launched 1916) ocean liner sailing at sea with a crescent moon and images of the main landmarks and other historic monuments in Paris including the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, Basilica of the Sacred Heart / Sacre-Coeur in Montmartre and Eiffel Tower against the dramatic orange shaded sky background and a cityscape of the City of Lights below. Known as the Aristocrat of the Atlantic the SS France was the largest French ocean liner when she took her maiden voyage from Le Havre to New York in 1921; she served the transatlantic route until a fire broke out on board in 1939, after which she was scrapped in 1947. Founded in 1861 (having been established in 1855 by the brothers Emile and Issac Pereire), the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique CGT was a French shipping company known as French Line and Transat; it merged with Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes de Marseille in 1976 to form the Compagnie Generale Maritime CMA CGM. Printed by Hill, Siffken & Co, London. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, restored paper losses, restored pinholes, restored paper skimming, minor staining, backed on linen.

Dimensions:

Height: 39.77 in (101 cm)Width: 24.81 in (63 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper

Place of Origin:

United Kingdom

Period:

1930-1939

Date of Manufacture:

1934

Condition:

Repaired: Restored tears, restored creasing, restored paper losses, restored pinholes, restored paper skimming, backed on linen. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, restored paper losses, restored pinholes, restored paper skimming, minor staining, backed on linen.

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU1012632331712

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