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Dreams from Fairyland
Christian Schussele (American (born in Guebviller, Alsace), 1824–1879)
1857
Medium/Technique
Gray wash over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.8 x 51.4 cm (10 9/16 x 20 1/4 in.) (rounded corners)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.783
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 639
DescriptionFairies swimming in leafy cove guiding barge with sleeping maiden.
InscriptionsLL in pen and ink: C. Schussele; verso of mat: title and 1857
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955