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St. Ignatius Mission, Montana Territory
Peter Peterson Tofft (Danish (active in the United States and England), 1825–1901)
1865–67
Place Depicted: Montana Territory, United States
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image:15.2 x 23.2 cm (6 x 9 1/8 in.) (pricked; laid down)
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 16 in.
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 16 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number53.2466
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 851 (Visiting Foreign Artists)
DescriptionFounded by Jesuits, 1845. Church and mission buildings in middle distance, tepees right and left. Mounted Indians in foreground; other figures. Rockies in background. Winter.
InscriptionsLower left in wash: monogram TOF; lower margin in ink: title
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 13, 1952