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Portsmouth, New Hamphire
Edwin Whitefield (American (born in England), 1816–1892)
Between 1871 and 1873
Place Depicted: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil and washes (blue and gray) on paper
Dimensions
Image: 38.3 x 75.7 cm (15 1/16 x 29 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 53.3 x 79.7 cm (21 x 31 3/8 in.) (rough edges)
Sheet: 53.3 x 79.7 cm (21 x 31 3/8 in.) (rough edges)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number53.2483
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 721
DescriptionView from across the Piscataqua River, with residences at right. Pasture land in foreground. Drawing for lithograph of 1873
Marks
Watermark: J. Whatman, 1871
InscriptionsLL margin in graphite: E. Whitefield
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1953