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Indian Surveying a Landscape

(American, 1820–1884)
1855
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions101.92 x 137.79 cm (40 1/8 x 54 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number47.1223
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower right, on rock: Boutelle/1855
Provenance1932, purchased from a private collection, Springfield, Mass. by Macbeth Galleries, New York. 1932 or after, Francis P. Garvan (1875-1937), New York. 1943, with Macbeth Galleries, New York; 1943, sold by Macbeth Galleries to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1947, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)
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