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John H. Crispell (American, 19th century)
Medium/TechniqueBlack and colored crayon, pen and watercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 44.5 x 38.9 cm (17 1/2 x 15 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 50.6 x 40.3 cm (19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number62.128
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsNear soldiers in pen and ink:how to hunt; lower margin: John H. Crispell... Pictorial Publisher, title and The cross is heavy friens you see/ So I will let, The Cross/ bare meProvenanceMaxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA June 8, 1964; accessioned February 14, 1962