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R.M.S. TITANIC, 14 APRIL 1912
细节
FIRST CLASS LUNCHEON MENU
R.M.S. TITANIC, 14 APRIL 1912
Printed menu, ownership inscription of Titanic passenger I.G. Frauenthal on the verso.
The ship's final luncheon on the day it struck the iceberg, from a survivor of Lifeboat No. 1.
The lavish, multi-course first class menu reflects the opulence of the era and includes dishes from around the world. Among them are the Scottish soup cock-a-leekie; something called "egg a l'argenteuil," similar to an omelet and seemingly fallen into obscurity; grilled mutton chops; (fried) chicken à la Maryland; custard pudding; the traditional English potted shrimp; Norwegian anchovies; salmon mayonnaise; galantine of chicken; and more. It was topped off with iced draught Munich lager beer.
This menu is reported to have belonged to first-class passenger Abraham Lincoln Salomon (1868-1959), a wholesale stationer with offices in New York and Philadelphia and a resident on Manhattan’s Central Park West. Salomon survived the tragedy, carrying this menu on board the infamous Lifeboat No. 1. Despite that lifeboat's forty-person capacity, only twelve people were on board when rescued by the Carpathia and rumors, likely unfounded, circulated that the crew had been bribed by the lifeboat's passengers to immediately row them to safety. Other passengers on the lifeboat with Salomon included Lucy Duff-Gordon, fashion designer; Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Lucy's husband, a Scottish landowner and sportsman; and Mabel Francatelli, secretary to Lucy. The menu has the ownership inscription on its verso of first-class passenger Isaac Gerald Frauenthal (1868-1932; “I. G. Frauenthal / 1493 B[road]way”), a New York lawyer and perhaps Salomon’s luncheon companion. He also survived the disaster by leaping from the Titanic’s deck into lifeboat No. 5.
The RMS Titanic, the British passenger liner on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, set sail on 10 April 1912. This lunch menu is dated 14 April—at 11:40pm the very same day the great ship would hit an iceberg. The sinking of the Titanic resulted in the deaths of more than 1500 passengers and crew. Few menus from the ship survive and this is the only 14 April luncheon example we have traced at auction.
Sheet: 6 ¼ x 4 ¼ in. (15.9 x 10.8 cm.) Framed.
R.M.S. TITANIC, 14 APRIL 1912
Printed menu, ownership inscription of Titanic passenger I.G. Frauenthal on the verso.
The ship's final luncheon on the day it struck the iceberg, from a survivor of Lifeboat No. 1.
The lavish, multi-course first class menu reflects the opulence of the era and includes dishes from around the world. Among them are the Scottish soup cock-a-leekie; something called "egg a l'argenteuil," similar to an omelet and seemingly fallen into obscurity; grilled mutton chops; (fried) chicken à la Maryland; custard pudding; the traditional English potted shrimp; Norwegian anchovies; salmon mayonnaise; galantine of chicken; and more. It was topped off with iced draught Munich lager beer.
This menu is reported to have belonged to first-class passenger Abraham Lincoln Salomon (1868-1959), a wholesale stationer with offices in New York and Philadelphia and a resident on Manhattan’s Central Park West. Salomon survived the tragedy, carrying this menu on board the infamous Lifeboat No. 1. Despite that lifeboat's forty-person capacity, only twelve people were on board when rescued by the Carpathia and rumors, likely unfounded, circulated that the crew had been bribed by the lifeboat's passengers to immediately row them to safety. Other passengers on the lifeboat with Salomon included Lucy Duff-Gordon, fashion designer; Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Lucy's husband, a Scottish landowner and sportsman; and Mabel Francatelli, secretary to Lucy. The menu has the ownership inscription on its verso of first-class passenger Isaac Gerald Frauenthal (1868-1932; “I. G. Frauenthal / 1493 B[road]way”), a New York lawyer and perhaps Salomon’s luncheon companion. He also survived the disaster by leaping from the Titanic’s deck into lifeboat No. 5.
The RMS Titanic, the British passenger liner on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, set sail on 10 April 1912. This lunch menu is dated 14 April—at 11:40pm the very same day the great ship would hit an iceberg. The sinking of the Titanic resulted in the deaths of more than 1500 passengers and crew. Few menus from the ship survive and this is the only 14 April luncheon example we have traced at auction.
Sheet: 6 ¼ x 4 ¼ in. (15.9 x 10.8 cm.) Framed.
来源
Abraham Lincoln Salomon, businessman and Titanic first-class passenger, 1868-1959 (by report).
Isaac Gerald Frauenthal, lawyer and Titanic first-class passenger, 1868-1932 (inscription to verso: “I. G. Frauenthal / 1493 B[road]way”).
By descent to an anonymous owner; Lion Heart Autographs, Titanic Auction, 30 September 2015, lot 103.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Isaac Gerald Frauenthal, lawyer and Titanic first-class passenger, 1868-1932 (inscription to verso: “I. G. Frauenthal / 1493 B[road]way”).
By descent to an anonymous owner; Lion Heart Autographs, Titanic Auction, 30 September 2015, lot 103.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
拍场告示
Both a previous version of this cataloguing and the Encyclopedia Titanica identify this menu as having been signed by I.G. Frauenthal. However, it is possible the name and address were written by someone other than him.
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