ORIGINAL MATTED & FRAMED INK CARTOON DRAWING BY ROBERT "Rip" RIPLEY, c. 1922

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Approximately 6 x 10"; framed and matted to 10 x 14", browned around the edges from acidic mat, small brown spot at upper left of image, but still bright and clear. Image of a US Army officer sitting at a dinner table yelling "Front!" with four waiters bringing steaming dishes to him. INSCRIBED "To Major Howard / Best Wishes / FOB Pirate Ship Matoika" AND SIGNED "RIP" BY ROBERT RIPLEY. The Makoika was a Navy ship during WWI, then an Army Transport after the war (carrying POWs, dead bodies, members of the US Olympic Team, etc.); it became a liner carrying passengers across the Atlantic until being renamed the SS President Arthur in 1922. Extra postage required for shipping. N° de ref. del artículo 22-4018

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