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Portrait of Elizabeth A. Fall
Joseph H. Davis (American, 1811–1865)
1835
Medium/Technique
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.9 x 17.9 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.3 x 20.2 cm (10 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.3 x 20.2 cm (10 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.870
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1108 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk Art- portraits. Young woman in black dress, holding basket in right hand and book in left, standing by potted flowering plant. Floor pattern of braided rug motifs.
InscriptionsLower margin in pen and ink in decorative script: Elizabeth A. Fall. Aged 21 years. 1835
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)