Bangkok Travel Poster: American President Lines by J. Clift, 1958 henry tanner Colonia Agrippina (Cologne)

Colonia Agrippina (Cologne)

Context about the mapmaker: Thomas Jefferys was a prominent geographer and cartographer in the 18th century

Its detailed representation of streets

it's home to the Valley of the Temples

it's a narrative of conquest

Bangkok Travel Poster: American President Lines by J. Clift, 1958 henry tanner Colonia Agrippina (Cologne)Bangkok American President Lines (1958) by J. Clift is a luminous midcentury travel poster celebrating Thailands river city at the height of the oceanliner era. From the shaded vantage of a wooden veranda, the viewer looks out across a scarlet Chao Phraya, where a crisp white APL passengercargo ship glides past traditional Thai boats and distant temple spires. The title BANGKOK shouts in canary yellow at the top, while the companys promiseSERVING 50