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Panning Gold, California
William McIlvaine, Jr. (American, 1813–1867)
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 47.3 x 69.9 cm (18 5/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number51.2534
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 522, fig. 115
DescriptionNear Sonora on the Tuolumne River. Bearded miner seated on rock center, panning gold; another with shovel standing behing him on shore left. Camps on either side of river, deep defile center, mountains in distance.
InscriptionsLL in watercolor: California- McIlvaine-
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 8, 1951