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Solitude
Mary S. Chapin (American, 19th century)
1815–20
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.7 x 34.6cm (15 1/4 x 13 5/8in.)
Framed: 59.4 x 49.2 cm (23 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Framed: 59.4 x 49.2 cm (23 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.469
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1159, cl. pl. XVII (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- landscapes. At right young woman seated under tree, musing over open album. Village on hillside left, beyond stream in center. Brushwork imitative of embroidery.
Marks
Watermark: T. Gittins
InscriptionsInscribed verso in pen and brown ink: Solitude. Mary S. Chapin
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1960)