DrawingsBritish19th century

Towing a Wreck

19th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10.4 x 15.4 cm (4 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Abigail Adams Homans, bequest; to her children George C. Homans, Mrs. Henry L. Mason, and Mrs. Carl J. Gilbert, c. 1974, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1975

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