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Mississippi Pilot
J. Miller (American, 19th century)
Medium/Technique
Gouache on board
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.8 x 43.2 cm (13 5/16 x 17 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.132
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1268
DescriptionFolk art- various. Interior of pilot house with pilot in shirtsleeves at wheel; banks of river visible; two approaching steamboats.
InscriptionsLR in pen and ink: J. Miller/ 1868 (?) Drawn on back of cardboard bearing advertisement of A. Terhune and Son, 8th Ave., N.Y., with wood engraving of two ladies.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA June 8, 1964; accessioned February 14, 1962