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Snake Indian Pursuing a Crow Horse Thief

(American, 1810–1874)
about 1860
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over and under graphite with gum arabic additions on paper
DimensionsSheet: 19 x 27.5 cm (7 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number58.1149
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed lower right in graphite: Miller
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 13, 1958
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