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General Lafayette on Horseback

early 19th century

Medium/Technique Watercolor, with graphite and ink
Dimensions Sheet: 19.5 x 25.7 cm (7 11/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.742
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 1232, fig. 311 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk Art- various. In plumed and tasseled hat and elaborate uniform; horse in profile to right.
InscriptionsUL in ink: General/ Lafayette
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1956)