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A Philadelphia Physician
John Rubens Smith (English (worked in the United States), 1775–1849)
1838
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, dark cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 43.2 x 33.2 cm (17 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.437
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 668, fig. 140
DescriptionSeated in office, 3/4s left, right arm resting on table. Skeleton in partly open cupboard left, bookcase right; picture of street scene hanging between.
InscriptionsSigned lower right, in black ink: Painted by J. R. Smith/1838 Phila
ProvenanceDr. Lewis (c.1844); Maxim Karolik, Newport; 1960, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1960)