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Patrick McGregor, "The Independent Beggar"
1829
Medium/Technique
Graphite with watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.5 x 22 cm (7 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800-1875
Accession Number2006.1284
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionMan, raggedly dressed, seated at table with bowl, spoon, and bone. After a painting by Waldo exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum in 1830
Signed
Lower right: J Gear. / May 25th 1829
InscriptionsLower left: The / Independent Beggar. / a Sketch. Lower center: Patrick McGregor.
ProvenanceBy 1948, Charles D. Childs, Boston; 1948, sold by Charles D. Childs to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1964, bequest of Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 14, 2006)