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Pickets firing near Fairfax

Alfred Wordworth Thompson (American, 1840–1896)
about 1861
Place Depicted: Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Medium/Technique Graphite with white watercolor on light green paper
Dimensions Sheet: 23.8 x 27.3 cm (9 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.882
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (Civil War) 1009
DescriptionRepr.: wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, Dec. 21, 1861. p. 804; text p. 807.
InscriptionsLower right in graphite pencil: -A T-; center: title and notes
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955