Howard Chandler Christy

I Want You for the Navy,

Maker

Title

I Want You for the Navy

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

104.7 x 68.5 cm (41 1/4 x 26 15/16 inches) (sheet)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Title printed on UR quadrant: "I WANT / YOU"; title continued in lower quadrant: "for / THE NAVY"; artist name signed in stone in LR quadrant: "Howard Chandler Christy"; inscribed on botton margin: "PROMOTION FOR ANY ONE ENLISTING / APPLY ANY RECRUITING STATION/ OR POSTMASTER"; printer's name in LR corner: "F / FORBES / BOSTON"

Label: Small oval label on verso, LL corner: "E A 1838" ; rectangular label on verso, in mid-region: "THIS MUST BE RETURNED TO / F. D. CASEY, SECRETARY / DIVISION OF PICTORIAL PUBLICITY / ROOM 1203, 200 FIFTH AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY"

Type

Credit

empty

Object Number

18.549

I Want You for the Navy

Title printed on UR quadrant: "I WANT / YOU"; title continued in lower quadrant: "for / THE NAVY"; artist name signed in stone in LR quadrant: "Howard Chandler Christy"; inscribed on botton margin: "PROMOTION FOR ANY ONE ENLISTING / APPLY ANY RECRUITING STATION/ OR POSTMASTER"; printer's name in LR corner: "F / FORBES / BOSTON"

Label: Small oval label on verso, LL corner: "E A 1838" ; rectangular label on verso, in mid-region: "THIS MUST BE RETURNED TO / F. D. CASEY, SECRETARY / DIVISION OF PICTORIAL PUBLICITY / ROOM 1203, 200 FIFTH AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY"

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