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Bearded man seated with hands on legs

James Wells Champney (American, 1843–1903)
1868

Medium/Technique Graphite and wash on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 14.8 x 9.6 cm (5 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number2009.4871
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionVerso: Man with sideburns and glasses, reading a newspaper
InscriptionsRecto: in graphite, lower right: Antwerp:/68
ProvenanceBy 1949, C. Richard Whittmore, House of Whittemore, Westboro, MA; 1950, sold by Whittmore to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893–d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1964, bequest of Karolik to the MFA. (Accession date: November 4, 2009)