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"Lay Down the Piece"
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822–1888)
about 1872
Medium/Technique
Graphite and brown wash on board
Dimensions
Oval: 28 x 25.5 cm (11 x 10 1/16 in.);
Sheet: 37.1 x 33.2 cm (14 5/8 x 13 1/6 in.)
Sheet: 37.1 x 33.2 cm (14 5/8 x 13 1/6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3905
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 238
DescriptionOld man restraining a younger from shooting at a scouting party of Indians. Men, a woman and dog crouching in tall grass. Illustration for James Fenimore Cooper, "The Prairie," c. 1872.
InscriptionsSigned in brush and wash, bottom of oval: F.O.C. Darley - fecit; passige illustrated is quoted in graphite at bottom ending: "...lay down the piece."
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA Dec. 14, 1950