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Council Bluffs Ferry and Group of Cottonwood Trees, Iowa
Frederick Hawkins Piercy (English, 1830–1891)
1853
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.1 x 17.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3870
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 819
DescriptionCovered Wagons by a group of trees, with tents and a building at left.
InscriptionsInscribed on verso in graphite: Group of Cottonwood Trees / and Winterquarters Ferry / Council Bluffs Ferrry / and Cottonwoods / Drawn by Frederick Piercy / 1853
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA Dec. 14, 1950