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The Yankee Prison over the Pearl River, Jackson, Mississippi
Thomas C. Fletcher (American, active in 1863)
1863
Medium/Technique
Graphite and wash on blue ruled paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.1 x 20.2 cm (6 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.842
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Civil War) 0948
DescriptionThe artist was confined here by the Confederates, February 1863. Reproduced in wood engraving in Harpers's Weekly, June 6, 1863. p. 364; text, p. 362.
InscriptionsInscribed above: The Yankee Prison o'er the Pearl.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955