Shaw Savill Lines Poster - Dominion Monarch (1939)
Shaw Savill Lines - England / South Africa / Australia / New Zealand
Designed by William McDowell (1888-1950). Colour lithograph on paper. Double Royal format. Measures 102cm x 62cm. Condition: Presents beautifully but is well worn with extensive tape repairs to the reverse. Please inspect the photos carefully.
McDowell’s poster advertises the majestic ‘Dominion Monarch’ which launched in 1939 just before war broke out. Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand, and she was built for Shaw, Savill & Albion Line (the shipping line of P Henderson & Company, a British shipping firm). She was a successful troop ship in World War Two and was eventually retired in 1962.
McDowell was a painter, draughtsman and commercial artist, born in the shipbuilding town of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. After leaving school he was apprenticed in the drawing office of the engineering firm Vickers, and eventually became a member of the Institute of Naval Architects. Shortly after the First World War, McDowell left naval architecture to become a full-time artist, producing murals for the liner Mauretania and other vessels, eventually settling in Wallasey, Cheshire. Many of his own paintings were of historical or maritime subjects, shown at the Walker Art Gallery and elsewhere. In 1919 he had a picture included in the RA Summer Exhibition. During the Second World War he was commissioned in the Royal Naval Scientific Service.
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Shaw Savill Lines - England / South Africa / Australia / New Zealand
Designed by William McDowell (1888-1950). Colour lithograph on paper. Double Royal format. Measures 102cm x 62cm. Condition: Presents beautifully but is well worn with extensive tape repairs to the reverse. Please inspect the photos carefully.
McDowell’s poster advertises the majestic ‘Dominion Monarch’ which launched in 1939 just before war broke out. Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand, and she was built for Shaw, Savill & Albion Line (the shipping line of P Henderson & Company, a British shipping firm). She was a successful troop ship in World War Two and was eventually retired in 1962.
McDowell was a painter, draughtsman and commercial artist, born in the shipbuilding town of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. After leaving school he was apprenticed in the drawing office of the engineering firm Vickers, and eventually became a member of the Institute of Naval Architects. Shortly after the First World War, McDowell left naval architecture to become a full-time artist, producing murals for the liner Mauretania and other vessels, eventually settling in Wallasey, Cheshire. Many of his own paintings were of historical or maritime subjects, shown at the Walker Art Gallery and elsewhere. In 1919 he had a picture included in the RA Summer Exhibition. During the Second World War he was commissioned in the Royal Naval Scientific Service.
Free UK delivery. For non-UK delivery please request quotation
Shaw Savill Lines - England / South Africa / Australia / New Zealand
Designed by William McDowell (1888-1950). Colour lithograph on paper. Double Royal format. Measures 102cm x 62cm. Condition: Presents beautifully but is well worn with extensive tape repairs to the reverse. Please inspect the photos carefully.
McDowell’s poster advertises the majestic ‘Dominion Monarch’ which launched in 1939 just before war broke out. Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand, and she was built for Shaw, Savill & Albion Line (the shipping line of P Henderson & Company, a British shipping firm). She was a successful troop ship in World War Two and was eventually retired in 1962.
McDowell was a painter, draughtsman and commercial artist, born in the shipbuilding town of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. After leaving school he was apprenticed in the drawing office of the engineering firm Vickers, and eventually became a member of the Institute of Naval Architects. Shortly after the First World War, McDowell left naval architecture to become a full-time artist, producing murals for the liner Mauretania and other vessels, eventually settling in Wallasey, Cheshire. Many of his own paintings were of historical or maritime subjects, shown at the Walker Art Gallery and elsewhere. In 1919 he had a picture included in the RA Summer Exhibition. During the Second World War he was commissioned in the Royal Naval Scientific Service.
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