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Perseverance

(American, 1808–1889)
1844–46
Medium/TechniqueBrush and brown wash on cream paper
DimensionsSheet: 45.6 x 32.7 cm (17 15/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number55.787
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLL in graphite: title; LR: JG Chapman
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955
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