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Whistling Dick, Armstrong Gun, West Point

Whistling Dick, Armstrong Gun, West Point

(American, 1824–1884)
about 1867–68
Object PlaceUnited States of America
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print
DimensionsImage (oval): 14.6 x 19.9 cm (5 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.6 x 33.4 cm (10 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jessie H. Wilkinson - Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund, Lucy Dalbiac Luard Fund, Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, and Helen B. Sweeney Fund
Accession number2004.578
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsInscribed recto in pencil in right margin: "Whistling Dick, Armstrong Gun, unintentionally presented to the Union by John Bull"
ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA; from whom purchased by the MFA, 22 September 2004