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Portrait of Achsah Stanton


Achsah Stanton, Aged 18 years 1833
Joseph H. Davis (American, 1811–1865)
1833

Medium/Technique Graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions Image: 25.1 x 19.7 cm (9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 30.3 x 19.7 cm (11 15/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.871
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 1111 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- portraits. Young woman standing on one of three hooked rugs, profile to right, holding reticule in right hand and book in left.
InscriptionsLower margin in decorative green script(ink): Achsah Stanton. Aged 18 years 1833
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)