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Fort Ellsworth, South of Alexandria

(American, 1840–1896)
about 1862
Place DepictedAlexandria, Virginia, United States
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil heightened with white, on tan paper
DimensionsSheet: 15.4 x 37.9 cm (6 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number55.883
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLR in graphite pencil: A T- and title
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955
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