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Image of Savannah, Georgia artist William O. Golding's work USS Constitution (crayon and pencil on paper). This work depicts the USS Constitution sailing in American waters and features a lighthouse and flags, both recurring images in the artist's work. A stylized sun rises behind the ship, and the sky is full of seagulls.In 1932, at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Savannah, an African American seaman named William O. Golding began to produce color drawings of ships and ports, apparently based on his own experiences at sea. Golding may have seen the U.S.S. Constitution, America's oldest commissioned vessel, on its tour of the east coast in 1931.
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  1. Art, American
  2. Birds In Art
  3. Boats And Boating In Art
  4. Buoys
  5. Constitution (Frigate)
  6. Crayon Drawing
  7. Drawing, American
  8. Flags
  9. Flags, Insignia, Etc
  10. Folk Art
  11. Gulls
  12. In Art
  13. Lighthouses In Art
  14. Nautical Paraphernalia In Art
  15. Sailing Ships In Art
  16. Sea In Art
  17. Ships In Art
  18. Sun
  19. United States
  20. Yachts

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