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The Trying Hour
The Trying Hour

The Trying Hour

Thomas Cole (American (born in England), 1801–1848)
1844–46
Medium/TechniqueBrush and brown and white wash over graphite pencil on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 26.2 x 38.7 cm (10 5/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number57.277
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed upper right in graphite: The Trying Hour / Cole; lower right: Thos ColeProvenanceMaxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA April 11, 1957