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Mending Fishing Nets
Thomas Banks (English, 1735–1805)
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 x 31.6 cm (8 1/4 x 12 7/16 in. )
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James H. Means
Accession Number44.778
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
DescriptionA woman and two boys, one in yellow-green blouse and pale brown trousers, the other wearing a red cap; in the background, a buff-washed cottage with green shutters; blue sky.
InscriptionsLL in ink: Thos Banks
ProvenanceColl.: Charles Franklin Shimmin, Boston; Mrs. James Howard Means, Boston; Gift of Mrs. James Howard Means to MFA November 9, 1944