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The Brig of Charles of Boston

Michele Felice Cornè (American (born in Italy), 1752–1845)
1803

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor on paper mounted on panel
Dimensions Panel: 34.3 x 50.2cm (13 1/2 x 19 3/4in.)
Framed: 37.8 x 53.7 cm (14 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Clarice Oxnard Davis
Accession Number42.468
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Signed Lower right: M. Cornè [sic] pinx
InscriptionsIn gold on black band ; center: Charles of Boston 1803
ProvenanceCommodore Edward Preble; William Oxnard; Clarice Oxnard Davis (great great-neice of Commodore Edward Preble); bequest to MFA, October 8, 1942.