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Portrait of Hoqua (Tea Merchant)
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
February 1855
Medium/Technique
Brush and gray wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.1 x 15.3 cm (7 15/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.887
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 453
DescriptionBust, three-quarters to left, in skull cap.
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink: Kern / Hou Qua / Hong Kong / Feby 55.
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 8, 1960