Designer Unknown, Chemins de Fer de Thessalie (Grèce).
Designer Unknown
Chemins de Fer de Thessalie (Grèce). Circa 1890s.
Condition B+: small losses, repaired tears and slight foxing in margins; minor creases and skinning in image. Mounted on Japan.
A rare and seldom-seen, early poster for The Thessaly Railway, which began operating in 1884. Printed in Switzerland, the poster displays eight postcard-like tableaux of the sights around the region on mainland Greece. The blank space at the bottom would have been used for train times.
42x28½ inches, 106½x72½ cm. Orell Fussli, Zurich.
Condition
Condition: Please contact the Specialist for the auction to request a condition report.Condition reports and additional images are provided as a courtesy and should be used by you to aid in the formation of your own opinion regarding condition. All material is sold subject to Swann's standard Terms and Conditions of Sale as published in our catalogues and posted on our website, and include the following terms: (1) all property is sold "as-is"; and (2) works cannot be returned on the basis of condition.
Designer Unknown
Chemins de Fer de Thessalie (Grèce). Circa 1890s.
Condition B+: small losses, repaired tears and slight foxing in margins; minor creases and skinning in image. Mounted on Japan.
A rare and seldom-seen, early poster for The Thessaly Railway, which began operating in 1884. Printed in Switzerland, the poster displays eight postcard-like tableaux of the sights around the region on mainland Greece. The blank space at the bottom would have been used for train times.
42x28½ inches, 106½x72½ cm. Orell Fussli, Zurich.
Condition
Condition: Please contact the Specialist for the auction to request a condition report.Condition reports and additional images are provided as a courtesy and should be used by you to aid in the formation of your own opinion regarding condition. All material is sold subject to Swann's standard Terms and Conditions of Sale as published in our catalogues and posted on our website, and include the following terms: (1) all property is sold "as-is"; and (2) works cannot be returned on the basis of condition.
