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1939

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1962

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2025

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Drawing, Full Scale Cartoon of Carving for Yawl of Robert W. Johnson, Esq., December 1939

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Griffiths Baily Coale. It is dated December 1939 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale.

Its dimensions are

28.5 × 23.5 cm (11 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, below: Quarter carving for auxiliary yawl "Good News" - Robert W. Johnson Esq. / Sparkman and Stevens Inc., designers - Henry B. Nevins builder / Griffith Baily Coale Dec. 1939

Cite this object as

Drawing, Full Scale Cartoon of Carving for Yawl of Robert W. Johnson, Esq., December 1939; Designed by Griffiths Baily Coale (American, 1890–1950); USA; brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper; 28.5 × 23.5 cm (11 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale; 1962-135-60-a

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