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Artist's Scrapbook
Samuel Lancaster Gerry (American, 1813–1891)
Medium/Technique
Drawings and watercolors
Dimensions
33.02 x 26.67 cm (13 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Valerie von Rosenvinge and Philip D. Porcella
Accession Number1991.1055
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsSketchbooks
Description543 drawings and watercolors on 69 pages. Many drawings are signed, dated, or inscribed. Subjects include landscape, genre, animal, and figure studies. White Mountains, Mt. Desert, New York, Magnolia, MA and views in Switzerland, Italy, France, and England. Many are working Studies for paintings.
ProvenanceValerie von Rosenvinge, Wellesley Hills, MA (great-great-great granddaughter of the artist); 1991, year-end gift of Valerie von Rosenvinge and Philip D. Porcella to the MFA. (Accession date: January 22, 1992)