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Parker Burial Ground, Hong Kong
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1854
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.7 x 32.9 cm (7 3/4 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.890
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 457
DescriptionTombs and figures overlooking the water.
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink lower left: Kern delt; lower right: view from Parker burial ground / looking toward Whampoa-
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