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Elevation of Gilbert Elevated Railroad Station

(American, 1823–1900)
about 1878
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 48.9 x 66.0 cm (19 1/4 x 26 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number52.1602
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLC in graphite: Elevation of Gilbert Elevated R.R. / J.F.C. JanY 5th 1878 / Scale 1/8 = 1 foot
ProvenanceArtist's daughter; to Kennedy & Co. (New York, NY); from whom purchased by Maxim Karolik for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: Nov. 13, 1952)