A street by moonlight - Visit India / H. G. Gawthorn. – Historic Photograph Print
![A street by moonlight - Visit India / H. G. Gawthorn., London : Adams Bros. & Shardlow, Ltd. ; [ca. 1920] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/60ac72e5aec4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A street by moonlight - Visit India / H. G. Gawthorn.
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Under a pale moon, a street is shown with a slow team of oxen, a detail that sets this poster apart from the sunlit scenes common in travel advertising of the period. The sheet was printed in London around 1920 and promotes travel to India, with a note that bookings were handled by the India State Railways Bureau in New York. Colorful lithographed posters like this one were a standard way for British and colonial transport agencies to attract visitors in the years after World War I, and this one presents India as a place of quiet, atmospheric night life rather than only bustle.
| Created / published | London : Adams Bros. & Shardlow, Ltd. ; [ca. 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 100 x 63 cm. |
| Genre | Travel posters British 1910-1930.Lithographs Color 1910-1930. |
| Notes | Text continues: Apply India State Railways Bureau, Delhi House, 38 East 57th Street, New York. |
| Subjects | City & town life--India--1910-1920. Moonlight--India--1910-1920. Ox teams--India--1910-1920. Streets--India--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,966 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223277 |
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