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English Racers, Preparing to Start
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English Racers, Preparing to Start
Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836)
about 1803
Medium/Technique
Pen and ink and watercolor on white paper
Dimensions
Framed: 71.1 x 112.4 x 4.1 cm (28 x 44 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Overall: 58.4 x 99.1cm (23 x 39in.)
Overall: 58.4 x 99.1cm (23 x 39in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2606
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLower right: in brown ink, Carle Vernet f.
ProvenanceAdolphe Le Goupy (dealer), Paris; February 2, 1936, sold by Adolphe Le Goupy to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 – d. 1964), New York, Paris, Rhode Island; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)