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The Potomac River from Washington, D. C. (from a sketchbook of 1850–1853)

Seth Eastman (American, 1808–1875)
Nov. 16, 1851

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 10.6 x 19.7 cm (4 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number54.1722
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionSailboat on right, figures on cliff in center, boat at the shore on left.
InscriptionsLL in Graphite pencil: title, Nov. 16th 1851
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 9, 1954