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Live Oaks near Sacramento

(American (born in England), 1837–1911)
1870–79
Object PlaceCalifornia
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink with brush and brown, gray, and black wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 29.2cm (9 1/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Framed: 45.1 x 51.4 cm (17 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase in honor of Sue Welsh Reed by her colleagues and friends
Accession number2000.768
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsRecto LL monogrammed in black wash with the tip of the brush: HF... Later inscriptions or marks: On remnant of old mount attached to verso of vendor’s mount in graphite pencil: By Harry Fenn / Near Sacremento CA
ProvenanceSpanierman Gallery, New York, NY; purchased by MFA, June 2000.
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