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The Orphans
Harriot Sewall (American, 1808–1810)
American
1808
Medium/Technique
Watercolor with brown ink inscription over graphite
Dimensions
Image: 37.3 x 54.0 cm (14 11/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 42.7 x 58.1 cm (16 13/16 x 22 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 42.7 x 58.1 cm (16 13/16 x 22 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number52.1633
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1227, fig. 308 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- memorial. Lady holding closed parasol standing near bereaved girl and boy seated on boulder in cemetery with willow right; village left, rocky hill behind.
Marks
Watermark: Ruse & Turners, 1805
Joseph Ruse and Richard Turner's Upper Tovil Mill, also Maidstone, Kent.
Joseph Ruse and Richard Turner's Upper Tovil Mill, also Maidstone, Kent.
InscriptionsLower margin in ink: title, $ 10 Paid Harriot Sewall 1808
Provenance1952, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 13, 1952)