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Baseball Game at Hamilton Park

(American, 19th century)
1869
Medium/TechniqueGraphite
DimensionsImage: 34.3 x 47.1 cm (13 1/2 x 18 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.0 x 50.3 cm (15 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number56.452
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsBelow in graphite: Employee's of Blake Bro's Playing Ball at Hamilton Park July 31 1869. Foundry Hands. Sketched by J.R. Spencer/ Front Shop Hands... (list of names) Front Shop 30. Foundry 35. Foundry Hands ... (list of names)
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)