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Coastal Survey by Union Soldiers

L. Finger (American, active in 1863)
July 1863

Medium/Technique Graphite and watercolor, framed in pen and black ink
Dimensions Sheet: 23 x 31.7 cm (9 1/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number57.319
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (Civil War) 0947
DescriptionCivil War Drawing. Group of soldiers surveying on beach, one holding umbrella over drafting board. Horses and wagon behind right; hill crowned with fort in background.
InscriptionsInscribed on rock lower left in pen and ink: L. finger / July '63
ProvenanceCollection of William Gould, Windham (label on frame). Gift of Maxim Karolik, for the proposed M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings and Prints, 1800-1875