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Old winter quarters at Council Bluffs ferry

(English, 1830–1891)
1853
Medium/TechniqueGraphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 17.7 x 26.2 cm (7 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number50.3968
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed on verso in graphite: Council Bluffs, Ferry ...(?) / and site and remains of / Old Winter quarters. / Drawn by Frederick Piercy, 1853
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950
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