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Prison Camp, Bell Isle, Virginia

(American, 1833–1912)
September 1863
Medium/TechniqueBrush and wash, heightened with white on paper, laid down
DimensionsSheet: 25.4 x 35.5 cm (10 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number50.3979
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed lower left, within the frame in brush and wash: W.L. Sheppard Sept. 1863; below in margin in graphite: The Prison Camp Belle Isle / opposite Richmond Va. / The Prison Camp Belle Isle / opposite Richmond Va from ... (something illegible)
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950
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