PYRO "HARRIET LANE STEAM PADDLE CUTTER" ORIGINAL MODEL KIT BOX LID ART.
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$230.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction:
Auction #214 - Part II
Item numbers 1008 through 2793 in auction 214
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Item Description
10.75x15" artboard has original mixed media art depicting the main box lid art for 1975 Pyro Plastics model kit No. 249-349 featuring the Harriet Lane, Revenue Cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and, on the outbreak of the American Civil War, a ship of the Union Navy and later Confederate Navy. Named after the niece of President James Buchanan who acted as First Lady during his presidency, Harriet Lane entered service in 1859 and saw action during the Civil War at Fort Sumter, New Orleans, Galveston, Texas, and Virginia Point and was captured by the Confederates in 1863, whereupon she was converted to a trade ship. She was promptly recaptured by the Union forces, only to later be abandoned at sea in 1881. Art shows the ship w/Fort Sumter in bkg., its cannons blazing, Union flags flying. Art is signed by Howard W. Arnold. Large image area takes up entire artboard. Artboard has some corner tip wear (more moderate at upper right corner) and some moderate margin wear (w/some scattered paint flaking) and is Fine/VF but would display Exc. if matted and framed. Impressive model kit art.
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