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Distant View of Washington from Georgetown

(British (born in Scotland, active in Canada and U.S.), 1766–1844)
1815
Medium/TechniqueGray wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 19.4 x 32.1 cm (7 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.104
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsInscribed on verso in pen and ink: Distant View of Washington from Georgetown / June, 1815
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA February 12, 1959
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