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Eureka Mill, Nevada

(American, 19th century)
Place DepictedNevada, United States
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink, colored crayon, and graphite pencil on paper
DimensionsImage: 25.4 x 37.9 cm (10 x 14 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 33.2 x 44.5 cm (13 1/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number57.255
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLR in pen and ink: E. Fairman C.E.; Lower margin: Eureka Mill./ Brown & Hurd/ Gold and Silver Quartz Mill on Carson River, Nevada Territory./ Edwd Fairman, C.E (apparently Fairman was a civil engineer.)
Provenance1957, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 11, 1957)