A Tea Clipper of the Eighties

Price range: £150 through £195

41 × 31.5 in poster. Dramatic tea clipper under towering white sails.

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SKU: p3177 Category: Tag:

Description

A large-format colour poster of a tea clipper driving through choppy seas, its towering rig packed with bright white sails and deep blue shadowing, framed by a cloud-shaped colour border. The bottom caption reads “A TEA CLIPPER OF THE EIGHTIES”, a period reference to the 1880s heyday of fast tea-carrying sail.

Such ship subjects were widely used in Britain for tea-trade romanticism and as classroom or office decoration, often issued without a specific tea brand as a general “tea clipper” emblem.

Signed/credited “Lendon, London” at lower right, indicating the publisher/production source rather than a named artist; printed as a bold colour lithographic/offset-style wall poster intended for long-distance visibility.

Details

Dimensions 41 × 31.5 in
Linen Backed Yes, No
Subject Drink
Period 1930s
Country UK

Condition:

  • Linen-backed version is good, but has some fold marks, creasing and some damage along folds.
  • Unbacked version also has some tears to the edges, spotting, and small losses in creases
  • Linen-backed version:
  • Grade: B
  • Paper: Fold wear, crease lines
  • Colour: Clean, light rubbing
  • Restoration: Fold repairs/retouch
  • Linen backing: Yes
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  • Unbacked version:
  • Grade: C
  • Paper: Fold wear, crease marks, small losses in crease marks
  • Colour: Some fading and rubbing
  • Restoration: None visible
  • Linen backing: No

Comment:

  • Striking Age-of-Sail subject with strong wall impact in large format
  • Period educational/decorative “stock” shipping image