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Prison Camp, Bell Isle, Virginia
William Ludwell Sheppard (American, 1833–1912)
September 1863
Medium/Technique
Brush and wash, heightened with white on paper, laid down
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.4 x 35.5 cm (10 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Civil War) 0987
DescriptionJames River. Marsh water with flat boat in foreground; tents of camp in distance beyond row of trees.
Marks
Annotated upper left in margin in pen and ink: A.5992; printed above center in margin: 2049; lower right in margin in graphite: C18551 / ms-
InscriptionsInscribed lower left, within the frame in brush and wash: W.L. Sheppard Sept. 1863; below in margin in graphite: The Prison Camp Belle Isle / opposite Richmond Va. / The Prison Camp Belle Isle / opposite Richmond Va from ... (something illegible)
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950