Posters of ocean liners going somewhere fun from just a little while back. British. Kenneth Shoesmith, graphic artist. Living from 1890 to 1939, he was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the British Society of Poster Designers.

British, Posters 1 Minute
"Royal Mail Line cruising steamer Atlantis in the Suez Canal." 20th c.
“Royal Mail Line cruising steamer Atlantis in the Suez Canal.” 20th c. Image © 2019 Sea Breezes Publications Limited. Fair use license. via http://www.seabreezes.co.im/index.php/news/cruise-news/1676-kenneth-shoesmith
Royal Mail Lines calendar illustration. ca. 1935.
Royal Mail Lines calendar illustration. ca. 1935. Image in the public domain. via https://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/5187352809
Poster. 20th c.
Poster. 20th c. Image © Copyright 2018 ODON WAGNER GALLERY. Fair use license. via https://odonwagnergallery.com/works/14358/
"Royal Mail Cruising Steamer "Atlantis" at Stockholm." 1913.
“Royal Mail Cruising Steamer “Atlantis” at Stockholm.” 1913. Collection of the Sjöhistoriska Museet. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015757821/royal-mail-cruising-steamer-atlantis-at-stockholm-kenneth-shoesmith

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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