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Portrait of a Merchant ( Ebenezer Stoker)
Robert Field (American, 1769–1819)
1801
Medium/Technique
Watercolor with graphite on board
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.1 x 20.3 cm (9 7/8 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.723
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 781
DescriptionAcademic Drawing of the Second lieutenant, 27th Continental Infantry, 1777-1783; d. 1806. Oval. Bust, three-quarters to left against marine landscape.
InscriptionsInscribed center right on cliff in watercolor: R F / 1801
ProvenanceCollection of Ida French Jones, Germantown, Pa., direct descendant of the sitter; Erskine Hewitt Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, Oct. 18-22, 1938, no. 1080. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 11, 1956