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Nobody Believes the Last Telegraph
David Claypoole Johnston (American, 1798–1865)
1820–65
Medium/Technique
Graphite on ruled paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 6.7 x 13.2 cm (2 5/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1973.331
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionMan walking, reading the telegraph.
InscriptionsInscribed below in graphite: Nobody believes the / last telegraph
ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport to MFA June 13, 1973