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Mandan scaffold, July 28,1851
Rudolph Fried(e)rich Kurz (Swiss (active U.S.) 1818–1871)
1851
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil, pen and wash on cream paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.9 x 35.4 cm (10 3/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3943
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionSkull in left foreground, figures grouped around scaffold
InscriptionsUpper left, red ink: "19"
Upper right "Mandan. Scaffold 28.7.51"
Upper right "Mandan. Scaffold 28.7.51"
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950