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Elk Horn River Ferry, 1853
Frederick Hawkins Piercy (English, 1830–1891)
1853
Medium/Technique
Graphite with brush and wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.3 x 25.7 cm (6 7/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3970
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 821
DescriptionTents pitched in foreground, with covered wagons in the background.
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite on verso: Elk Horrn River Ferry / Drawn by Frederick Piercy / 1853
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950