Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012


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An Officer of Crane's Corps of Artillery

about 1777
Joseph Dunkerley
Height x width: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
watercolor on ivory

Classification: Miniatures

Object Place: Boston, MA

Accession number: 2012.153

Provenance/Ownership History: By 2011, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, ME; May 21, 2011, purchased by Elle Shushan, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, ME, lot 408; 2012, sold by Elle Shushan, Philadelphia, PA, to the MFA. (Accession date: April 25, 2012)

Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Ulf B. Heide