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"Virginia" W.G.B. Squadron
Frederick Albert Castle (American, 1842–1902)
1864
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.7 x 22.7 cm (5 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number57.315
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Civil War) 0915
DescriptionCivil War Drawing. Verso: graphite sketches
InscriptionsInscribed lower center: "VIRGINIA". Fourth Class. Screw. 7 guns. 581 Tonnage / W.G.B. Squadron / (Formerly a [something illegible] manner)
Inscribed lower right: New Orleans, Aug. 30th 1864
Inscribed lower right: New Orleans, Aug. 30th 1864
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA April 11, 1957