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Frugal Meal
James Wells Champney (American, 1843–1903)
1861
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 12.4 x 11 cm (4 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number2010.155
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Descriptionpossibly by J. J. Hurley
InscriptionsRecto: in graphite, upper edge: Frugal meal/ From Life; in graphite, lower edge: Jan. 31st, 1861. J.J. Hurley
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: March 15, 2010)