47.2002: Untitled (USS Princeton, irreparably damaged during a Japanese air attack in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, is torpedoed and sunk by American forces after all hands had abandoned ship)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 47.2002
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Untitled (USS Princeton, irreparably damaged during a Japanese air attack in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, is torpedoed and sunk by American forces after all hands had abandoned ship)
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- October 24, 1944
- Places
- Creation Place: Southeast Asia, Philippines
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/100189
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
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image: 26.7 x 35.1 cm (10 1/2 x 13 13/16 in.)
sheet: 28 x 36.4 cm (11 x 14 5/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso, TR, black pencil: 60 [encircled]
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inscription: verso, TR, graphite: Ill. p. 70, USN War Photographs [underlined], Steichen, ed.
USS Princeton explodes, then sinks. Oct 24, 1944 - inscription: verso, center, graphite: rotated 90 degrees: [illegible word] 47305
- inscription: recto, BL, BR and TLcorners, orange pencil: printer's marks
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan
- Object Number
- 47.2002
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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