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Entrance of the Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts Regiment (Colored) into Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 21, 1865
Thomas Nast (American (born in Germany), 1840–1902)
1865
Medium/Technique
Oil over brush and brown wash, with graphite underdrawing, on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.2 x 54.0 cm (14 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.940
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Civil War) 0984
DescriptionCol. Bennett reining in his horse center. Exultant Negro waving his hat, and numerous bystanders. Ruined buildings behind.
InscriptionsLR scratched: Th. Nast
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959