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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.)
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
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
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)