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The Missouri River and Council Bluffs

(English, 1830–1891)
1853
Medium/TechniqueBrush and wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 16.5 x 25.6 cm (6 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number50.3976
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed on verso in graphite: View of the Missouri River & / Council Bluffs from an elevation / Drawn by Frederick Piercy / 1853
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950
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