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Graveyard, Hakodadi
Graveyard, Hakodate
Graveyard, Hakodadi
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1855
Medium/Technique
Graphite and wash with white watercolor on gray paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.6 x 34 cm (8 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.921
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CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 464
DescriptionFigure center, standing in a graveyard surrounded by trees.
Marks
Annotated in graphite on verso: 92
Inscriptionsinscribed in graphite lower center: Graveyard / Hakodadi / Japan; lower right: Kern
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959