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Lot 72AR

Montague Dawson
(British, 1890-1973)
America increases her fleet: The USS North Carolina

11 November 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Montague Dawson (British, 1890-1973)

America increases her fleet: The USS North Carolina
signed and inscribed 'The North Carolina Battleship/Commissioned apl 1941/& a new type of US Destroyer/Dawson' (on the reverse)
oil on board, en grisaille
36.5 x 52.7cm (14 3/8 x 20 3/4in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, Guernsey.

Literature
The Sphere, 3 May 1941, no.2154, p.138-139 (illustrated).

"The U.S.S. North Carolina, the new 35,000-ton battleship, just completed well ahead of schedule (behind) and one of the very fine new Destroyers, with excellent lines (in foreground). Both these vessels have the typical American bow." The Sphere, no.2154, p.139.

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