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Album of Western Sketches: The Whirlpool, on the Niagara River, 27 Aug. 1836
George Tattersall (English, 1817–1849 (active U.S. 1836))
1836
Place Depicted: Niagara River, United States
Medium/Technique
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite pencil, on gray paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 15.6 x 22.2 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.400.13
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 837 (Visiting Foreign Artists)
DescriptionUnderbrush in foreground, river surrounded by cliffs.
InscriptionsDirectly below picture in pen and black ink: G.T.; 27. Aug; 1836
In lower margin in pen and black ink: title
In lower margin in pen and black ink: title
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 7, 1956