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Simplon Pass: The Lesson

(American, 1856–1925)
about 1911
Medium/TechniqueTranslucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and wax resist, over graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 38.2 x 46 cm (15 1/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
Accession number12.218
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsIn iron gall ink, u.r.: John S. Sargent
Provenance1912, sold by the artist, through M. Knoedler and Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1912)