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Image Not Available for Safe and Dry: Gen. Butler on stilts near Fort Hatteras

Safe and Dry: Gen. Butler on stilts near Fort Hatteras

(American, 1828–1912)
1861–65
Medium/TechniqueGraphite on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 19.5 x 12.2 cm (7 11/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number54.1751
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLower Center in graphite pencil in the flag: Fort Hatteras LR in graphite pencil in barrel: Life Preserver B.F.B.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 9, 1954