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Fort Lyon, South of Alexandria
Fort Lyon, South of Alexandria

Fort Lyon, South of Alexandria

Alfred Wordworth Thompson (American, 1840–1896)
about 1862
Place DepictedAlexandria, Virginia, United States
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil, touched with white on tan paper
DimensionsSheet: 14.6 x 38.1 cm (5 3/4 x 15 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number55.884
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLower margin in graphite pencil: notes including title; lower right; ATProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955