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Lewis Wetzel's singular Escape

(American, 19th century)
1859
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil and watercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 26.7 x 37.8 cm (10 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number56.450
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLC on rock in ink: J. Hans./ 1859; Lower margin: title
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)