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Fort Lyon, South of Alexandria

Alfred Wordworth Thompson (American, 1840–1896)
about 1862
Place Depicted: Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil, touched with white on tan paper
Dimensions Sheet: 14.6 x 38.1 cm (5 3/4 x 15 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.884
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (Civil War) 1011
DescriptionTwo soldiers in foreground right; horse drawn wagon left; deforested hills and fort beyond.
InscriptionsLower margin in graphite pencil: notes including title; lower right; AT
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955