Prepatory Sketch for Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg

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Prepatory Sketch for Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg

Peter Frederick Rothermel (American, 1817–1895)

about 1871

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions66.04 x 87.63 cm (26 x 34 1/2 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik

Accession number64.450

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ClassificationsPaintings

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InscriptionsLower right: Study in the B[ ] of the/Battle of Gettysburg presented to the Key Stone Battery/through Capt. Poulterer By P.F Ro[rh]erm[el]ProvenanceThe artist; antique shop, Doylestown, Penn.; with Sally Turner, about 1959; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., about 1959; to MFA, 1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik.