Anne Austen Library no1808 597pc Peeps At Whitby 24x23in Poster 8
Anne Austen Library no 1808 597pc Peeps at Whitby, 1repl 24x23in, image has three views within its composition (presumably a poster, by artist unknown), jigsaw has a shaped top edge with an outsert in the top right corner. The box label has a printed address change pasted over that of the business when the label was printed. Push-fit but interesting smooth shapes.
Peeps at Whitby - A Poster?
Extract from David S, BCD Magazine Winter 2015 Issue 118, pg8
Jigsaw assembled over a BCD meeting and finished at home.
"...The puzzle has quite large pieces but proved pleasantly challenging all the same and made up to a good sized puzzle of around 23x25in. The cutter had included a large selection of shapes, mostly in the form of letters and also provided an irregular & contoured top edge, leading up to a building in the top right corner, which itself stands proud of its hillside setting. Some contour line-cutting added further to the enjoyment of the puzzle, but it is the print which, to me, then gave it a real touch of class. A scribbled notation on the box label reading “poster”, made me research some of the Transport poster archives available on the internet, but I have so far drawn a blank. Alas there is no discernible signature on the print, so no real help there either.
The sturdy cardboard box which the puzzle was housed in carries a label from Anne Austen of 48 Knightsbridge SW, evidently a c1920-1930 London antique dealer. A note inside the box from a past owner of the puzzle records:
“A long-neglected find, only done (by me) three times in 81 years. May 2nd 1988. An interesting exercise – Great Fun”.
My belief is that the box is original and that the puzzle itself was cut by a highly accomplished, but probably amateur cutter around the same 1920-1930 period. I would love to hear from anyone who may be able to provide any further information, particularly over the origins of the painting itself.”
You can see the jigsaw on Jigasaurus:
thejigasaurus.com/index.php/unidentified_makers/whitby
Anne Austen Library no1808 597pc Peeps At Whitby 24x23in Poster 8
Anne Austen Library no 1808 597pc Peeps at Whitby, 1repl 24x23in, image has three views within its composition (presumably a poster, by artist unknown), jigsaw has a shaped top edge with an outsert in the top right corner. The box label has a printed address change pasted over that of the business when the label was printed. Push-fit but interesting smooth shapes.
Peeps at Whitby - A Poster?
Extract from David S, BCD Magazine Winter 2015 Issue 118, pg8
Jigsaw assembled over a BCD meeting and finished at home.
"...The puzzle has quite large pieces but proved pleasantly challenging all the same and made up to a good sized puzzle of around 23x25in. The cutter had included a large selection of shapes, mostly in the form of letters and also provided an irregular & contoured top edge, leading up to a building in the top right corner, which itself stands proud of its hillside setting. Some contour line-cutting added further to the enjoyment of the puzzle, but it is the print which, to me, then gave it a real touch of class. A scribbled notation on the box label reading “poster”, made me research some of the Transport poster archives available on the internet, but I have so far drawn a blank. Alas there is no discernible signature on the print, so no real help there either.
The sturdy cardboard box which the puzzle was housed in carries a label from Anne Austen of 48 Knightsbridge SW, evidently a c1920-1930 London antique dealer. A note inside the box from a past owner of the puzzle records:
“A long-neglected find, only done (by me) three times in 81 years. May 2nd 1988. An interesting exercise – Great Fun”.
My belief is that the box is original and that the puzzle itself was cut by a highly accomplished, but probably amateur cutter around the same 1920-1930 period. I would love to hear from anyone who may be able to provide any further information, particularly over the origins of the painting itself.”
You can see the jigsaw on Jigasaurus:
thejigasaurus.com/index.php/unidentified_makers/whitby