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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
RICHARD FAYERWEATHER BABCOCK (1887-1954) JOIN THE NAVY. 1917. 41 1/2x28 1/4 inches, 105 1/2x71 3/4 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image; restoration and minor restored losses at edges. Matted and framed. Replete with masculinity and adventure, a sailor is riding bareback on a torpedo. This is an image that may have inspired the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's, Dr. Strangelove. Rawls 72, Theofiles 32, Rickards 161, Borkan p. 23, War Posters 100 (var).
