Auction 001 Original Vintage Posters - January Sale
By AntikBar Auctions
Jan 27, 2024
404 King’s Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0LJ
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School Education Poster Set Stickleback Nest Rice China Canadian Wheat. Set of 3 original vintage educational ...

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£ 20
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£30 - £60
Buyer's Premium: 16.7%
Auction took place on Jan 27, 2024 at AntikBar Auctions
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School Education Poster Set Stickleback Nest Rice China Canadian Wheat. Set of 3 original vintage educational posters from the Macmillan's Geography Pictures series. 1. Stickleback and Nest - Artwork by Cyril Cowell (1888-1967) shows a stickleback, water spider, ramshorn snail, silver water beetle, freshwater winkle, water boatman, water scorpion, dragonfly larva, caddis fly larva and a freshwater mussel. They are swimming and nesting among water plants and reeds. Plate II of a series titled Nature Study and Simple Science. Fair condition, several paper losses, several tears, pinholes, staining, creasing. Country of issue: UK, designer: Cyril Cowell, size (cm): 38x52, year of printing: 1950s; 2. The Ricefields in China - Annotated illustrations show men lifting water from a canal to flood a rice field, then plouging the field with water buffaloes and transplanting the young rice plants. Plate XII of a series on geography. Fair condition, paper losses, several tears, pinholes, staining, creasing. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 51x38, year of printing: 1950s; 3. The Travels of Canadian Wheat - Annotated illustrations show wheat being transported by steam train, transferred onto boats, and then the leveling of the wheat in storage.The last image shows the large freighter carrying the wheat sailing on the sea. Plate XI of a series on geography. Fair condition, creasing, tears, staining, pinholes, tape marks on corners. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 38x52, year of printing: 1950s.

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