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Mortar Boats

Mortar Boats

(American, 1833–1909)
April 1862
Medium/TechniqueGraphite, brush and neutral wash on board
DimensionsSheet: 26.7 x 17.3 cm (10 1/2 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.942
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed lower left in graphite: monogram JDS / Ap. / 62
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959
Mrs. (Thomas) Sarah Best
Mrs. (Thomas) Sarah Best
John James Audubon
1820
Study for "Waking Up": Boy Looking Down from Rock
Study for "Waking Up": Boy Looking Down from Rock
James Goodwyn Clonney
about 1851
Study for "Waking Up": Boy with Straw
Study for "Waking Up": Boy with Straw
James Goodwyn Clonney
about 1851
Thomas Best
Thomas Best
John James Audubon
1820
Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont
Henry Bryan Hall, Sr.
1873
Old Windmills, Virginia [two-sided drawing]
Old Windmills, Virginia [two-sided drawing]
James David Smillie
1890
New Albany, Indiana
New Albany, Indiana
Henry Mosler
Reception of Major Robert Anderson, Cincinnati
Reception of Major Robert Anderson, Cincinnati
Henry Mosler
Probably Spring, 1861
U.S. Str. [Steamer] "Conestoga," Miss. Sqadron
Frederick Albert Castle
1864
Arrival of Mr. Lincoln at Camden Station, Baltimore
Arrival of Mr. Lincoln at Camden Station, Baltimore
Thomas Nast
Feb. 23, 1861
View of Culpeper, Va.
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Gen. Robinson's Head Quarters (house and grounds)
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century