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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

WATERCOLOUR ADVERTISMENT FOR CAPSTAN NAVY CUT TOBACCO & CIGARETTES

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BATELIER, Claude James

c. 1904

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BATELIER COLLECTION

Overview

A watercolour, ink and gouache on paper, a maritime-themed tobacco ad featuring CAPSTAN NAVY CUT. Using the thickness of the lookout platform as a background and positioned immediately below the tobacco can printed in dark blue capitals: 'C.J. Batelier' above '.Iinvt. Et. Pinx..'. Other lettering on the picture includes: CAPSTAN' in red upper case font at the top LH side, above the sailor's head; 'NAVY CUT' in blue capitals in the top RH corner; 'is 'top' OF ALL OTHERS' in red letters & capitals. 'top' is underlined with three black lines. With the mast as a background and at the height of the sailor's shoulders is printed in wavy capitals, 'TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES'. Across the lower border in large white capitals is 'W.D. & H.O. WILLS. Ltd.'.

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Registration number

cwa-org-51-V2008.1

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Material

Width

380 mm

Height or length

554 mm

Inscriptions and markings

In the centre of the lower border is pencilled: 'white margin of 11/2 inch of more'.
On the reverse side at the very top is the artist's signature c/o in ink, followed by the stamp of Batelier Brothers Vancouver Street Albany, which is followed by West. Aust written in ink.

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Tuesday, 17 October, 2023

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