Richard Rummell, French Line / "France" [New York Harbor], Circa 1920.

Richard Rummell

1848-1924

French Line / "France" [New York Harbor]. Circa 1920.

Lithograph poster.

The France took its maiden voyage in 1912, running between Le Havre and New York. The liner was pressed into military service during the First World War and returned to its commercial crossings in 1919. The ship, decommissioned in 1932, is depicted here between the small tugboats and ferries that populate New York harbor and the impressive background of lower Manhattan, with the prominent spires of the Woolworth, Singer and Park Row Buildings all visible within the skyline.

The France known as the Versailles of the Atlantic, "was the first of a series of extremely luxurious ocean liners that would dominate the route in the years between the wars" (New York p. 24)

New York p. 24-25.

24 3/4 x 41 in. (60.3 x 10.4 cm.) Albert J. Leon, New York.

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