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Laramie's Peak
Frederick Hawkins Piercy (English, 1830–1891)
1853
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.3 x 17.8 cm (10 3/8 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3975
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionThree drawings on one sheet. Top is a flat landscape with a mountain peak in the far distance. Middle is a flat landscape with a mountain peak in the distance. Lower sketch of flowers.
InscriptionsInscribed below top drawing in graphite: Laramie's Peak 75 miles distant; Below middle drawing in graphtie: Laramie's Peak 50 miles distant.; bottom: light yellow flowers Edged and striped with Pink.
Inscribed on verso in graphite: Laramie's Peak / Drawn by Frederick Piercy, 1853
Inscribed on verso in graphite: Laramie's Peak / Drawn by Frederick Piercy, 1853
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950