Page size 19 x 22cms. Despite the rather stylised trouser legs, this is butch illustration, areas of contrasting black and white with dramatic lighting effectthat concentrates on the mechanical means of running the ship with only the occasional pictorial references to the pleasures of the cruise. The author acknowledges the French line and the observations made on the S.S.Paris. Nine sketchbooks by the artist (1884 - 1969) are held in the Smithsonian. |