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Fort Dalles, Columbia River
Fort Dalles, Columbia River

Fort Dalles, Columbia River

William Birch McMurtrie (American, 1816–1872)
1849–53
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and watercolor on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 20.6 x 32.8 cm (8 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.143
On View
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed at top in graphite: Fort Dalles. Col. R-ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA February 12, 1959
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