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GUSN-6682
Drawing of man on horseback, seen from the rear. Towers in background.
drawings (visual works)
brass (alloy)
leather
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
Brass
Pencil
Unidentified Paper
Leather
Drawing
Inscription in ink on paper glued to back of leather frame;(ub C.E.N's hand): ""Sketch of J.R. Lowell in the spring of 1856, by/ Hamilton J. Wild? on a journey among the Sabine/ Hills taken by J.R.L, Wild, John/ Field & Myself. The poet's fur-coat/ had been brought from Dresden, we laughed at the figure he cut in it./ C.E.N"" In another hand in pencil"" R[?] Norton"" On front in pencil, at bottom of sketch, ""The Huspodar[?] of walolachwey'en rount for olevano[?]""
Wild, Hamilton (Maker)
7 3/8 x 5 5/8 x 0.188 (HxWxD) (inches)
1990.1356
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