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Election Scene at Catonsville, Maryland
Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 1810–1874)
1845
Medium/Technique
Graphite, brush and wash, and white watercolor on brown paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.8 x 27.5 cm (8 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number51.2537
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 548
DescriptionMan waving hat center, surrounded by group on foot, others in cart behind; two on horseback left, one reading from paper. Verso: figural sketch. Probably study for painting of same subject in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
InscriptionsInscribed lower right in pen and ink: Election Scene at Catonsville 1845
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 8, 1951