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The Trying Hour
Hour of Trial
The Trying Hour
Francis William Edmonds (American, 1806–1863)
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil, brown wash on light blue paper, touched with white and scratched for highlighs
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.3 x 39.7 cm (10 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number57.280
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 657
DescriptionAcademic Drawing. Drawing done for the Sketching Club. Napoleon standing on deck looking at shore.
InscriptionsLR in ink: Hour of Trial / F.W. Edmonds
UR in graphite: title / and Edmonds for Co. .
Verso in graphite: ... for Cole
UR in graphite: title / and Edmonds for Co. .
Verso in graphite: ... for Cole
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA April 11, 1957