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HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY. Young Lovers at the U.S. Naval Academy. Published illustration for U.S. Naval Academy print, 1914. Watercolor and gouache on paper mounted to stretched canvas. 507x407 mm; 20x16 inches. Signed "Howard Chandler Christy" and dated 1914 in lower left image. Canvas separated from stretcher on 3 sides; drip marks and some foxing at left. Framed.
accompanied by a study for another u.s. naval academy print, which was also published in the 1914 U.S. Naval Academy yearbook, "The Lucky Bag," Vol. XXI (Philadelphia: Wm. H. Hoskins Company, 1914, page 13). While it contains some hand work by Christy, it was reworked by printer at the time of publication.
