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FRED PANSING (1854-1912)
1
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO’S / ROYAL MAIL ROUTE TO JAPAN AND
CHINA. Circa 1890s.
25x39 inches, 63
1
/
2
x99 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins and image. Matted and framed in an
original, company-issued wooden frame.
One year after her launch in 1890, “the
Empress of Japan
began to navigate under the new red-and-
white-checquered Canadian Pacific flag [visible here]” (Canadian Pacific p. 66). German-born Pansing
went to sea as a young man and upon his return began painting marine scenes. He painted ship
portraits for the Cunard and White Star lines, as well as other shipping companies, and these in turn
were issued by the companies as lithographs to be displayed in ticket offices.
[1,200/1,800]
RARE & IMPORTANT TRAVEL POSTERS
DESCRIPTIONS
For an explanation of how the posters are described and a guide to the symbols used, please refer
to the section “Supplemental advice” which appears at the back of the catalogue.