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A Hot Race From the Start

(1832–1832)
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil and gray and white wash hieghtened with white, on yellow- gray paper
DimensionsImage: 45.9 x 73.8 cm (18 1/16 x 29 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 51.1 x 75.9 cm (20 1/8 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number51.2532
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLR in watercolor: L. Maurer
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 8, 1951
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