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Shooting Alligators from the Boat
James Wells Champney (American, 1843–1903)
1873–74
Medium/Technique
Graphite and wash on paper
Dimensions
Image: x 13.2 cm (4 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 16.5 x 19.1 cm (6 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 16.5 x 19.1 cm (6 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number57.249
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionIllustration for "The Great South" (1875). Group of figures on boat, men with guns.
InscriptionsLR in pen and ink: Florida 25 Shooting Aligators from the boat
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA April 11, 1957