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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
On View
Not on view
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
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