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Fort Laramie and Ferry of Platte River
Fort Laramie and Ferry of Platte River

Fort Laramie and Ferry of Platte River

Frederick Hawkins Piercy (English, 1830–1891)
1853
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and Chinese white on paper
DimensionsLegacy: 15.2 x 23.9 cm (6 x 9 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 17.5 x 24.6 cm (6 7/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number57.273
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed lower left signatures in graphite in reverse; lower right: Fort Laramie and / Ferry of Platt River Inscribed on verso in graphite: Fort Laramie and Ferry Platt River / Drawn by Frederick Piercy, 1853ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA April 11, 1957