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Shipyard at Bucksville, S.C., 1875
S. S. Stevens (American, 19th century)
April 2nd, 1875
Place Depicted: Bucksville, South Carolina, United States
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil, pen and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.4 x 49.8 cm (12 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 40.2 x 58.4 cm (15 13/16 x 23 in.)
Sheet: 40.2 x 58.4 cm (15 13/16 x 23 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3981
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1170 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- landscapes. River foreground with tug. Hull of large vessel (The Henrietta?) under construction on farther bank.
Marks
Watermark: Weston's 1874 Linen
InscriptionsLR in pen and ink: Drawn by S S Stevens Cherryfield. Me.; lower margin: title/ A view on the Waccamaw River April 2nd 1875.
Provenance1950, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)