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Before the Battle

(English, 1828–1882)
1858, retouched in 1862
Medium/TechniqueTransparent and opaque watercolor on paper, mounted on canvas
DimensionsSheet: 42.2 x 27.3 cm (16 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Framed: 65.1 x 50.8 cm (25 5/8 x 20 in.)
Credit LinePicture Fund
Accession number12.1164
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned with monogram lower right: DGR 1858
Provenance1858, commissioned by Charles Eliot Norton (b. 1827 - d. 1908), Cambridge MA; 1862, completed by the artist and sent to Charles Eliot Norton; by descent to his daughter, Sara Norton (b. 1864-d. 1922), Cambridge; 1912, sold by Sara Norton to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1912)
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