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Letter to Martin Johnson Heade, November 22, 1867
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822–1888)
November 22, 1867
Medium/Technique
Pen and brown ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 x 25.6 cm (8 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800-1875
Accession Number2007.102
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
See MFA Karolik drawings cat. (1962) pp. 132-133
DescriptionLetter to M.J. Heade from F.O.C. Darley. Recto one page text; verso text and sketches of man and woman, weeping, running from each other and of Darley tipping his hat to Heade. Includes comment "All Boston is Dickens mad."
InscriptionsCambridge Nov 22d / 1867 / My dear Heade / I have been so much engaged since I recd your last effort...Yours truly / F. O. C. Darley
ProvenanceBy 1948, William Macbeth, New York; 1948, sold by Macbeth to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1964, bequest of Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 13, 2007)