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MacDonough's Victory
J. W. Baker (American, 19th century)
1814
Medium/Technique
Watercolor, ink, and black chalk over graphite
Dimensions
Image: 35.7 x 69.1 cm (14 1/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 44.1 x 75.7 cm (17 3/8 x 29 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 44.1 x 75.7 cm (17 3/8 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.125
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1258, fig. 321 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- various subject matter. In foreground British troops left, American right, firing across channel center spanned by bridge. Buildings either side. American ships and billowing smoke on lake. Hilly shore beyond.
Marks
Watermark: undecipherable letters
InscriptionsLower margin right in pen and ink: "Drawn By The Pen of J.W. Baker; center: "Com. Macdonoug's Victory on Lake Champlain September 11th 1814."
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA June 8, 1964; accessioned February 14, 1962