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Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista

(American, born in England, active about 1822–1860)
(about 1820–1897)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over Pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet a: 20.0 x 26.8 cm (7 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.) (laid down)
Image b:11.7 x 17.0 cm (4 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number61.331a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLR in wash: H. Warren
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961
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