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Admiral Porter's Gunboats Passing the Red River Dam, Louisiana
James Madison Alden (American, active in 1860)
1864
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 40.2 x 74.1 cm (15 13/16 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.927
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Civil War) 0907
DescriptionThrough opening in dam left gunboat moving down river, rest of flotilla to follow.
InscriptionsLR in red wash: J. M. Alden/ 1864
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959