Oceanliners
by Kenneth D. Shoesmith
Shoesmith Royal Mail Line
View of massive ship with a rowboat bringing supplies in the foreground.During Shoesmith's brief career, the Royal Mail, a British steamship company serving far-flung locations not on the routes of major carriers, enlisted his talents for several designs - all vivid and highly evocative. The design here, a stock poster, features an unidentified vessel, seen from low down to make the most of its mass. With passenger-laden tenders and a rowboat bringing fresh produce supplies to the ship, Showsmith's harbor scene is full of motion, excitement and color. This is the German-language version