Sketchbook 4

Alvan Fisher (American, 1792–1863)

1817

Medium/Technique Graphite, pen and ink, charcoal, and brush and wash on paper; Forty-two leaves, bound in marbled boards

Dimensions Binding boards: 24.6 x 19.5 cm (9 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number1978.363

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsDrawings – Sketchbooks

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Karolik (1962) cat.

DescriptionStudies, many of farm animals.

InscriptionsInscribed on second leaf in pen and ink: Alvin (sic.) Fisher / Dedham / 1817

ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport; to MFA September 13, 1978