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Witches Rocks I
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Witches Rocks, Weber River Canyon, Utah
Witches Rocks I
Frederick Hawkins Piercy (English, 1830–1891)
1853
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.1 x 17.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3977
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 824
DescriptionFigures climbing a steep hill with rock formations above.
InscriptionsInscribed lower right in graphite: x light gray / o Red
Inscribed on verso in graphite: Witches Bluffs / East side of Weber River / Witches Rocks / Drawn by Frederick Piercy, 1853
Inscribed on verso in graphite: Witches Bluffs / East side of Weber River / Witches Rocks / Drawn by Frederick Piercy, 1853
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950