Auction archive: Lot number 186

R. F. BABCOCK JOIN THE NAVY. Circa 1917

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Auction archive: Lot number 186

R. F. BABCOCK JOIN THE NAVY. Circa 1917

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R. F. BABCOCK JOIN THE NAVY. Circa 1917. 41 3/4x28 1/4 inches. Condition B: repaired tears, restoration and overpainting in margins and corners; wrinkles in image. Replete with masculinity and adventure, a sailor in blue is riding bareback on an orange torpedo in green water; lettering in red and blue. This is an image that may have inspired the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove . Rawls 72, Navy 15, Theofiles 32, Rickards 161, Borkan p. 23.

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R. F. BABCOCK JOIN THE NAVY. Circa 1917. 41 3/4x28 1/4 inches. Condition B: repaired tears, restoration and overpainting in margins and corners; wrinkles in image. Replete with masculinity and adventure, a sailor in blue is riding bareback on an orange torpedo in green water; lettering in red and blue. This is an image that may have inspired the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove . Rawls 72, Navy 15, Theofiles 32, Rickards 161, Borkan p. 23.

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