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Washing Gold, Calaveras River, California

1853
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 41.9 x 55.7 cm (16 1/2 x 21 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 44.3 x 59.7 cm (17 7/16 x 23 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number50.3844
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsDated bottom right in watercolor: "1853" In left margin: directions to matmaker in French ( graphite pencil)
Provenance1950, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)