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Sunset on the Oraytayous River Tributary to the Palouse River, Washington Territory
Peter Peterson Tofft (Danish (active in the United States and England), 1825–1901)
1865–67
Place Depicted: Washington Territory, United States
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.2 x 23.2 cm (6 x 9 1/8 in.) (laid down)
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 13 in.
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 13 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number53.2471
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 856 (Visiting Foreign Artists)
DescriptionAt right, bend of river bordered by low trees on left bank. Unbroken row of buttes. Basaltic ranges in distance.
Inscriptionslower left in wash: monogram TOF; lower margin in ink: title.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1953