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Old winter quarters at Council Bluffs ferry
Frederick Hawkins Piercy (English, 1830–1891)
1853
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 17.7 x 26.2 cm (7 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3968
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionDrawing of Missouri River and Council Bluffs
InscriptionsInscribed on verso in graphite: Council Bluffs, Ferry ...(?) / and site and remains of / Old Winter quarters. / Drawn by Frederick Piercy, 1853
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950