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Life Is a Race

Life Is a Race

(American, 19th century)
July 21, 1863
Medium/TechniquePen and ink; brush and wash with stencils on Bristol board
DimensionsSheet: 36.2 x 46.7 cm (14 1/4 x 18 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number62.126
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed on a separate sheet: Life is a race, by many run, / And by a few is nobly won; / Act well your part as on time flies, / In this the highest honor lies. / Geo. R. Brown / Executed July 21 1863
Provenance1962, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1962)