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Sketchbook

John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)
1845–55
Medium/TechniqueSketchbook, twenty-four sketches in graphite, some heightened with white chalk, with landscape studies, marines, livestock, and figure studies
DimensionsEach sheet: 12.4 x 20 cm (4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of J. C. S. Taber
Accession number13.3
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ClassificationsSketchbooks
InscriptionsRecto, first leaf, stamped in black ink: J. La Farge; in pen and brown ink "Reçu le 25. Decembre 1845"ProvenanceJ. C. S. Taber (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts); his gift to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: January 2, 1913)