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Slaves concealing their master from a searching party

(American, 1828–1912)
1861
Medium/TechniquePen over graphite on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 16.2 x 22.4 cm (6 3/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number54.1741
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLR in pen and black ink: A. J. Vlk. 1861
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 9, 1954
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