Rocks and Ferns

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)

1865

Medium/Technique Graphite with brown, green, and white washes on buff laid paper

Dimensions Sheet: 23.7 x 30.8 cm (9 5/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number54.1656

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (1962) cat. 216

DescriptionRecto: Study of rocks and ferns. Verso: graphite sketches of trees.

Marks Watermark: shield with caduceus and EB

InscriptionsInscribed lower right: J.F.C. / 1865

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 9, 1954