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Description:
Gill, MacDonald (1884-1947) The "Time & Tide" Map of the Atlantic Charter. London: George Philip & Son Ltd. for the London Geographical Institute, 1942. Large chromolithographic map mounted on linen, distributed in the U.S. by Denoyer-Geppert, Chicago, with their imprint below the copyright, incorporating a scroll at the top of the map with the text of the Atlantic Charter and facsimiles of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill's signatures; graphic brightly colored images across the map, inset bottom left corner shows a shirtless man beating the weapons of war (including tanks) into ploughshares; two round holes punched in the top corners, bottom corners reinforced with a quarter circle of fabric over the paper surface, formerly rolled, 43 1/2 x 35 in.
Estimate $3,500-4,500
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Keywords
Philip & Son Ltd., Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gill, Denoyer-Geppert, Chicago, London, United StatesJohn Dorfman
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