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The Country Maid


Medium/Technique Watercolor on paper
Dimensions Image: 22.7 x 19.7 cm (8 15/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 27.8 x 20.6 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.685
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 1242, fig. 316 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- various. Girl standing beside sheep and lamb. Trees and two-story house in background.
InscriptionsLower margin in ink: "Gay Lordlings sought her for their bride/ But she would ne'er incline; / Prove to your equals just & true / As I shall prove to mine"
Provenance1955, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 1955)