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Study for "Offering Baby a Rose": Offering Baby a Top
James Goodwyn Clonney (American (born in England), 1812–67)
about 1857
Medium/Technique
Wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.3 x 12.1 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.218
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 165
DescriptionFather seated in study offering top to baby held by mother standing in doorway. Dog at right. Books and inkwell on desk left. Framed pictue on the wall. Drawing is a study for the oil panting, "Offering Baby a Rose," 1857, in Lake View Gallery, Lake View, New York. Note that the painting is reversed.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA March 14, 1962