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Seated Man in a Broad-brimmed Hat
George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811–1879)
about 1846
Medium/Technique
Graphite, brush and gray wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.9 x 23.7 cm (7 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.345
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 68
DescriptionProfile to left, right arm resting onknee, right hand to bearded chin. Note that catalogue card credit line differs. Should read, Gift of Maxim Karolik. Date and signature are possibly forged the correct date being 1844 or later. A variant is in St. Lous Mercantile Library Bingham sketchbook.
InscriptionsInscribed lower right in brown ink: G. Bingham 1836.
On verso, annotated in ink at bottom: A Missouri Farmer. Very valuable. / Study by G. G. B ingham 1836. / From collection of J. C. Maguire 1888. W.D.C. DEc. 10 + 11 No. 105.
On verso, annotated in ink at bottom: A Missouri Farmer. Very valuable. / Study by G. G. B ingham 1836. / From collection of J. C. Maguire 1888. W.D.C. DEc. 10 + 11 No. 105.
ProvenanceOld Print Shop, NY, NY; 1949 to Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 7, 1956