Old Oil on Cardboard Painting of Single Funnel Steam Ship art nouveau calendar ) In any case

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15" tall x 7" across at widest

and were found in a Marshall Fields cardboard jewelry box

This old box would feel right at home in a library or study filled with old books

Old Oil on Cardboard Painting of Single Funnel Steam Ship art nouveau calendar ) In any caseI don't know a lot about boats, but I have developed quite a fondness for old paintings of them, and I really love the warmth and folkiness of this one. The single funnel steam ship itself fairly closely resembles the CSS Acadia, built in England during the first decade of the 20th century, and used to survey Canada's northern waters. I am not sure this boat is that, but do think it is likely earlyish 20th century British, and believe the blue flag