Lacy, Charles John de (sold)
Charles John de Lacy (1856 - December 13, 1929) was an artist, painter, and press artist and one of the most celebrated maritime artists of his day. Born in Sunderland, County Durham, de Lacy is particularly well-known for his works that picture warships. He was also regularly commissioned by shipbuilders to compose promotional pieces for their firms. Works by him are part of the collections at the National Maritime Museum, the Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, the Russel-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, and the Cowes Maritime Museum, among others. De Lacy married Alice Harriet Hill in 1880 in London, with whom he had two daughters.
A broadside promoting a short-lived alliance between three illustrious British maritime shipping companies.
F-H-S Lines Australia and New Zealand.
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This is a 1906 Charles John de Lacy broadside travel poster and map of the world promoting travel to Australia and New Zealand. The Earth occupies the center of the broadside, with the Moon and night to the bottom left and the Sun and daytime to the upper right accompanied by the phrase 'the empire on which the Sun never sets'. Steamships are illustrated traversing the world's oceans, with faint white dotted lines tracing the routes they follow. The names of cities throughout the world are printed on banners to the left and right of this central image of the cosmos, with cities in the United Kingdom situated on the upper left and in the Americas and Africa on the bottom left. Australian cities, including Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, are on the upper right, while cities in New Zealand, with Auckland and Wellington among them, in the lower right. The top of the broadside is adorned by a wonderful illustration of a steamship, most likely a passenger liner, being maneuvered through a harbor by two tugboats. A lovely harbor view decorates is included along the bottom of the broadside. (more details)