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Capt. Frank H. Claret, O.B.E., R.N.R., of the S. S. Minnewaska
Capt. Frank H. Claret, O.B.E., R.N.R., of the S. S. Minnewaska

Capt. Frank H. Claret, O.B.E., R.N.R., of the S. S. Minnewaska

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Object Details

Title:
Capt. Frank H. Claret, O.B.E., R.N.R., of the S. S. Minnewaska
Date:
1929
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on light brown paper on cream-colored paper
Dimensions
12 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left of drawing in graphite]: Violet Oakley / 1929; [bottom right of cream-colored paper in graphite]: Capt. Claret of SS MinnewaskaClaret was captain of the S. S. Minnewaska on its October 12, 1929, voyage from Tillbury (England) to New York. Oakley was one of its first class passengers.

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