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U.S. Steamers "Galena" and "Makaska" Shelling the Rebels

U.S. Steamers "Galena" and "Makaska" Shelling the Rebels

1862
Medium/TechniqueGraphite, gray wash, and opaque white watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 27.0 x 38.1 cm (10 5/8 x 15 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number55.836
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsUL in graphite: title. Other notes in pen and pencil.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955
Col's headquarters, Camp Bacon, Charleston, S.C.
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