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Utsiuru Harbor I
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
May 1855
Medium/Technique
Graphite with white watercolor on yellow-gray paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.4 x 37.9 cm (10 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.924
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 462
DescriptionTwo sailboats in the harbor. Figures lined up on the shore. Cliffs rising up form the shore.
Marks
Annotated in graphite on verso: 104
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower left: Utsiuru Harbor / Coast of Japan May /55 / Kern
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959