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The Parting
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century (American)
about 1840
Medium/Technique
Watercolor and stencil with graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.3 x 24.1 cm (11 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number58.930
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1241, fig. 315 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- various. stencil and watercolor with sponge technique; Lady and gentleman taking leave of each other under tree right in conventionalized landscape. Probably after a print such as D. W. Kellog lighograph "The Departure" (1833-42).
InscriptionsOn verso a circular blind stamp: Duanes francaises (small caps)
Provenance1958, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1958)