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Blind Beggars at Canton
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1854
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.7 x 24 cm (5 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.889
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 455
DescriptionThree blind men, single file, walking to the right. The first man holds a stick out in front of him. The second and the third hold on to the shirt of the man in front of him.
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite below: Blind beggars at Canton Raining like Thunder
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