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My Cabin on Elk Creek, Montana Territory
My Cabin on Elk Creek, Montana Territory

My Cabin on Elk Creek, Montana Territory

Peter Peterson Tofft (Danish (active in the United States and England), 1825–1901)
1866
Place DepictedMontana Territory, United States
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 22.5 x 14.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number50.3879
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned in lower right with monogram Verso in graphite pencil: "My Cabin / on Elk Creek / Montana Territory / Summer 1866. " and "Miss Avery from her friend / Peter Tofft. / With his deep compassion / St. Mary's Hospital. Rochester. N.Y., Jan 8th 1868."ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 12, 1950
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