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The Green River, Wyoming
Samuel Colman (American, 1832 or 1833–1920)
1871
Medium/Technique
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite, with pen and brown ink, on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 41 x 55.4cm (16 1/8 x 21 13/16in.)
Framed: 62.2 x 75.9 cm (24 1/2 x 29 7/8 in.)
Sight: 39 × 53 cm (15 3/8 × 20 7/8 in.)
Framed: 62.2 x 75.9 cm (24 1/2 x 29 7/8 in.)
Sight: 39 × 53 cm (15 3/8 × 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number53.2442
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 184
DescriptionA bend in the river with buttes right and on the farther shore. Small Native American encampment on flat shore left.
InscriptionsInscribed lower left in pen and brown ink: Saml Colman- 1871
Provenance1953, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1953)