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Foreign Correspondent
David Claypoole Johnston (American, 1798–1865)
1849
Medium/Technique
Graphite rubbed for transfer on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 9.6 x 12.3 cm (3 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.1030
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 429
DescriptionA man seated at a desk, left, looking back over his houlder at three men right. Study for "Scraps," Boston, 1849, pl. III no. 6
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite above: Foreign Correspondence; notes; on verso: notes
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA September 21, 1960