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Elizabeth Grace and Rachel Martin
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822–1888)
1851
Medium/Technique
Wash over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Image: 47.9 x 61.0 cm (18 7/8 x 24 in.)
Sheet: 50.3 x 63.5 cm (19 13/16 x 25 in.)
Sheet: 50.3 x 63.5 cm (19 13/16 x 25 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3904
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 236 a
DescriptionIn male disguise, waylaying British courier and two officers during the War of Independence.
Marks
Watermark: J. Whatman, Turkey Mill
InscriptionsSigned and dated bottom left in brush and wash: "F. O .C. Darley - fecit.1851"
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950