A
rare poster advertising the Titanic has been found on the back of a
painting hidden behind a false wall by a couple renovating their home.
The
lithographic print is one of three adverts produced in 1911 for the
White Star Line promoting trips on the Titanic and sister ship the
Olympic.
The posters were withdrawn after the Titanic sank in April 1912 with a loss of 1,522 lives – so there are few examples left.
The
unnamed couple demolished a wall in the house they bought in Wales and
found a landscape painting in the cavity. When they took it from the
frame they found the 23in by 32in poster beneath it.
The lithographic print (pictured) is
one of three adverts produced in 1911 for the White Star Line promoting
trips on the Titanic and sister ship the Olympic. It was found on the
back of a painting hidden behind a false wall
The
colourful advert, produced by the renowned marine artist Montague
Birrell Black, depicts the hulking Titanic looming into view with a
number of small sailboats in the foreground looking tiny in comparison.
The print, worth £3,000, will be sold at auction house Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, on April 23.
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