Admiral Nimitz is shown signing Japan's surrender document aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945. In the margin below the image, Nimitz wrote, To Lt. Cmdr Griffith Bailey Coale / with best wishes and great esteem. / C. W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, US Navy.." The recipient was a celebrated naval artist. Presented in a black wooden frame.

DOA 17 x 21 in.

Private Collection, Winston-Salem, NC

The image retains good tonal contrasts, however the inscription is heavily sunned and is faded to a shadowy gray.