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View of Driscoll's Stone Building that Checked the Great Fire in Virginia City, October 26, 1875
View of Driscoll's Stone Building that Checked the Great Fire in Virginia City, October 26, 1875

View of Driscoll's Stone Building that Checked the Great Fire in Virginia City, October 26, 1875

B. C. Turnbull (American, 19th century)
1875
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil, pen and ink and watercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 39.4 x 53.0 cm (15 1/2 x 20 7/8 in.) (laid down)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number51.2543
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLR in pen on mat: Sketched on the spot by B.C. Turnbull; below: view of driscoll's stone building that checked the great fire in virginia city, october 26th 1875.ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 8, 1952
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