Large Framed Wax Crayon, Pencil, and Decoupage on Paper View of a Steamship

Description:

Large Framed Wax Crayon, Pencil, and Decoupage on Paper View of a Steamship, probably Wisconsin, c. 1907, depicting the steamship Janury rendered with multicolored hull, populated by decoupage prints of soldiers and drawings of ship captains, flying salmon-colored pennants and the American flag, with pencil notations throughout indicating sizes of areas of the deck and other measurements, with small decoupage prints of the rest of a fleet applied in the water below, all above a long pencil inscription reading in part "The United States of America Fleet in 1907... City of Sheboygan Wisconsin," 26 1/4 x 54 in., matted in a reeded frame.
Estimate $800-1,200


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