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Shantytown, New York City
Alfred Wordworth Thompson (American, 1840–1896)
1875
Place Depicted: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor on yellow-gray paper
Dimensions
Image: 28.9 x 36.8 cm (11 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 31.4 x 39.8 cm (12 3/8 x 15 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 31.4 x 39.8 cm (12 3/8 x 15 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.795
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CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 682, fig 142
DescriptionOn rough street in front of two shanties, peddler approaches two women and two children gathered about dead cat.
InscriptionsLL in ink: A.Wordsworth Thompson / '76
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955