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Steamers "Convoy" and "Tobacco Plant" at Horsetail Island, 1846

1846
Medium/TechniqueBrown wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 20.0 x 31.6 cm (7 7/8 x 12 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.818
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsOn verso in ink: Sketch on the Mississippi River, looking down the stream, from Horsetail Island, about 15 miles below St. Lewis./ The "Convoy," (1st class steamer), aground near the wharf boat- the "Tobacco Plant" (3e class steamer) in the foreground, unloading in order to pass the bar-/ 15' oct. 1846.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 8, 1960
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