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Sketch for "First Blow For Liberty" (Battle of Lexington)

(American, 1822–1888)
1842–88
Medium/TechniqueGraphite on paper, laid down
DimensionsSheet: 23.3 x 29.5 cm (9 3/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.96
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed at bottom: Battle of Lexington F.O.C. Darley Annotated lower left: $10.00
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA February 12, 1959
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