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Portrait of Henry Laurens Roberts
Joseph H. Davis (American, 1811–1865)
about 1835
Medium/Technique
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.5 x 18.6 cm (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.869
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1110 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- portraits. Small boy standing, profile to right. Bird on finger of left hand, cap in right; amother bird on flowering plant in pot right. Three braided rugs on floor.
InscriptionsLower margin in decorative brown script (ink): Henry Laurens Roberts. Born Octbr 18th / 1831. Painted at the age of 4 years.
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)