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Indians Awaiting Attack (Study for the painting "La Piste de guerre," 1865, Musées de Chaumont)
Jules Émile Saintin (French, 1829–1894)
about 1865
Medium/Technique
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.2 x 19.6 cm (6 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William Franklin Mitchell
Accession Number68.12
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionNative American man in foreground with ear to the ground. Bare breasted woman with two children center, and other men crouching awaiting an attack. Verso: sketch of a cavelier.
ProvenanceOld Print Shop, New York. 1968, gift of William Franklin Mitchell to the MFA for the proposed M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, 1800-1875. (Accession Date: January 10, 1968)