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Description:
Framed Wax Crayon, Pencil, and Decoupage on Paper View of a Steamship, probably Wisconsin, c. 1902, depicting the ship with blue hull, populated by decoupage prints of figures, flying gray pennants and the American flag, with small decoupage prints of other vessels in the water below, all above a long indistinct pencil inscription which includes the date 1902 and "city of Sheboygan Wisconsin," 24 1/2 x 35 in., matted, in a reeded frame.
Estimate $600-800
losses especially to lower left corner to parts of the inscription, evidence of tears and creases, and fading.
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