A Night Scene. The Cable Entangled and Nearly Broken, July 18th, 1866
1865–66
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
20.3 × 26 cm (8 × 10.2 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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