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Madeira Boats on the Beach
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1853
Medium/Technique
Graphite and brush and wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.1 x 26.9 cm (8 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1973.337
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
Descriptionfigures before a boats on the beach.
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite below center: Madira (sic) Boats on the Beach; lower left: No. 20.
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Bequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport to MFA June 13, 1973