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Interior of a Railway Car
William Morley (American, 19th century)
1861
Medium/Technique
Watercolor and opaque white watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.3 x 36.4 cm (10 3/4 x 14 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.3 x 37.1 cm (11 1/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 28.3 x 37.1 cm (11 1/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number58.934
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1269 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- various. Full car of men and women in double seats left, single seats right, with stove in foreground right. Conductor in tall hat collecting fares. In cartouche over rear door, Balt and Ohio. RR/ Co.
InscriptionsOn stove door right in wash: monogram WM/ 1861; on verso in pen: Interior of an American Railway-Car / by William Morley. NY-1861-
Provenance1958, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1958)