XL GEORGES TABOUREAU Imp. L. Dufay, Paris Lithograph poster for the French State Railways offering Paris to London service via the Versailles, artist signature printed to lower right of ship reads Sandy Hook, which was the alias that the artist Georges Taboreau used…inscriptions to lower right reads IMP. L. DUFAY, 3, PLACE DE LA MADELINE PARIS, texts reads CHEMINS DE FER DE L ETAT & DE BRIGHTON PARIS - LONDON (ST. LAZARE) (VICTORIA) VIA DIEPPE - 2H 45 ET NEWHAVEN DE TRANSVERSEE MARITIME, SHOWS A STEAMBOAT with the title VERSAILLES printed on the ships bow measures 31 x 42 1/2 inches, red toned lacquer wood frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed, not examined out of frame. Property of Martha Stewarts Skyland, Maine Estate. Martha Stewarts collection of vintage & antique posters originally belonged to the preceding owner of the Skyland Estate, Edsel Ford (1893-1943). Part of this collection was moved to Martha Stewarts Katonah, New York Estate, displayed prior to auction. Georges Taboureau, who painted under the pseudonym Sandy-Hook. is best known as a marine artist. He produced many posters and illustrations for various shipping lines and until 1953 exhibited frequently at the Musee de la Marine in Paris. In 1917, he was named the official painter of the French Admiralty. His illustrations often appeared in the Journal de la Marine Marchande (Merchant Marine Review). In July of 1998 Le Salon du Livre Maritime in Concarneau presented an exhibition of drawings, paintings and posters of Taboureau.Art, wall art, artwork, home decor, large Art, large lithograph, vintage lithographs, vintage lithograph print, GEORGES TABOUREAU, vintage advertisement, vintage advertisement print, Martha Stewart art collection, Edsel Ford art collection, vintage art, collectible, Vintage traveler posters, vintage European travel posters, antique travel posters, antique lithographs, 5