Imperial Airways ordered 28 Short Empire flying boats in 1935, and the first of them, G-ADHL Canopus, flew in July 1936. Albert Brenet (1903 to 2005) put an Empire boat over the towers of Manhattan in this 1937 Imperial Airways poster. The type carried 24 passengers by day or 16 with sleeping berths.
On the poster
A silver hull gleams against an azure sky, and the Art Deco spires of Manhattan rise up to meet the aircraft. Brenet draws it in a bold Art Deco style.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

