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Raising the wind: Boy starting a fire
Henry Peters Gray (American, 19th century)
1844–46
Medium/Technique
Gray, black, white and orange wash over graphite pencil on buff paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.0 x 38.3 cm (10 1/4 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.790
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 648
DescriptionBoy with puffed cheeks kneeling on hearth and blowing fire.
Marks
Watermark: small portion of M in corner
InscriptionsLR in pen: Henry Peters Gray; verso in graphite: For Mr. Cummings / title / by HP Gray
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955