Sunday, May 22, 2011

tempest on the Atlantic crossing


That is the subject of this old artwork used as a French postcard; was it a postcard intended for those who experienced such conditions on board a ship to send to friends or relatives to say, "thank goodness it's over, this is what I endured"?! Transatlantique en plein mer - un coup de tangage = Trans-Atlantic in open sea, a sudden pitch.

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