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Exiles from Tennessee

(American, 19th century)
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14.8 x 22.1 cm (5 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number56.343
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLower left in brush and wash: "Frank Beard del." Upper margin in graphite: notes. Paper is torn in upper left corner, so first word(s) are missing. Remaining notes read "... - First page - makes it (something), and a painful picture." Lower margin in brush and wash: "Exiles from Tennesee." The word "Tennessee" has been crossed out and "Missouri" substituted in graphite. Lower right in graphite: "$15." On verso in graphite: sketch of child's head and letter from Beard to "Harper's" dated Sept. 6, 1861, Cincinnati, O.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 7, 1956