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Thomas Best

(American, 1785–1851)
1820
Medium/TechniqueBlack chalk, touched with neutral wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 29.5 x 25.56 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number52.1563
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsUpper right: "Thomas Best / -Audubon / -1820" On verso in graphite: "Drawn by John J. Audubon / Cincinnati 26th July 1829"
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 13, 1952