Vignette for a Bank Note

John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872)

1836–40

Medium/Technique Brush and sepia on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 16.3 x 22.8 cm (6 7/16 x 9 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number52.1629

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (1962) cat. 445

DescriptionNative American Woman, American flag, shield, and eagle.

Marks Annotated on verso in blue crayon: Leopold

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 13, 1952