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The Farmers Home—Summer
Fanny Palmer (American (born in England), 1812–1876)
1864
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Image: 42.2 x 60.8 cm (16 5/8 x 23 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 48.3 x 65.7 cm (19 x 25 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 48.3 x 65.7 cm (19 x 25 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.734
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CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 605
DescriptionLady on porch of two-and-a-half story house waiting for coachman with team emerging from yard right. Open barn door beyond, and cows in pasture. Circular driveway with hen and chickens in foreground. Verso: study of half-timbered house with mullioned windows. Study for the Currier & Ives print "The Farmers Home—Summer", published 1864.
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: F. Palmer
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1956)