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Album of Western Sketches: The Plains of Abraham, Quebec- with Wolfe's Pillar
George Tattersall (English, 1817–1849 (active U.S. 1836))
1837
Place Depicted: Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Canada
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.4 x 30.5 cm (8 7/16 x 12 in.) Drawing vignetted.
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.400.34
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 837 (Visiting Foreign Artists)
DescriptionGroup of figures in foreground, fields and sunset in background.
InscriptionsLR in pen and red ink: Geo: Tattersall 1837
Lower margin in pen and black ink: title
Lower margin in pen and black ink: title
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 7, 1956