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"...Help to make the world a better place and life a worthier thing." - His Majesty King George VI.
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THE ALLIED FLEETS SAIL FROM ALEXANDRIA.
"...Help to make the world a better place and life a worthier thing." - His Majesty King George VI.
Publisher: J. Salmon Ltd. (British, founded in 1880)
British
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.3416
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: From the original painting by Frank H. Mason, R.I. Reproduced by permission of "The Navy."
Back: divided. Used.
SALMON SERIES 4931
COPYRIGHT. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. SALMON LTD., SEVENOAKS.
Printed in England
Back: divided. Used.
SALMON SERIES 4931
COPYRIGHT. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. SALMON LTD., SEVENOAKS.
Printed in England
Signed
FRANK H. MASON
Marks
Canceled. Sent 1946 from Paddington to Kent, England.
InscriptionsYes " 19th July."
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)