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Mother Holding Thomas Carew Hunt Martin as Infant


Bedroom with a mother holding a child
Charles Martin (English, 1820–1906)
June 22, 1857

Medium/Technique Watercolor on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 17.8 x 22.9 cm (7 x 9 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number53.2425
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 762, fig. 160
DescriptionVisiting foreign artist- anonymous. Mother seated in bedroom holding baby; mantlepiece behind; young woman reading, partially seen at left. Table in front of window right; trunk nearby lettered M.
InscriptionsBelow, in pen and ink: Thomas Carew Hunt Martin, aged 4 mos. June 22nd, 1857 Gatty House, Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. U.S.A.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA Nov. 12, 1953