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Girl in Black Dress Holding a Gray Book
Jane Anthony Davis (American, 1821–1855)
Medium/Technique
Graphite and watercolor with colored borders on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.7 x 12.4 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1101
DescriptionFolk Art- Portrait- Three-quarter length, slightly to right; hair parted in middle; narrow ruffle at round neck of dress.
Marks
Watermark: Whatman 1844
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)