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View from Rua Bella Vista, Funchal
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
July 1853
Medium/Technique
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.3 x 29.5 cm (8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.888
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 449
DescriptionView of buildings and hills in the background.
Marks
Annotated in graphite on verso: 8
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower left: Kern / View form Rua Bella Vista / Funchal - Madeira / July 1853
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