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George Washington on horseback holding Field Glass

(American, 19th century)
Medium/TechniquePen, brown, blue, red, and black inks on paper
DimensionsSheet: 50.5 x 40.6 cm (19 7/8 x 16 in.) (oval)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.1124
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsUnder wreath in brown ink: Executed with the Pen/ BY/ John J. Stone
ProvenanceBy 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, Litchfield, CT (dealers); sold by Mr. and Mrs. Williams to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1960, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 1960)