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View of Salt Works, Japan
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1855
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.8 x 33 cm (9 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.914
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionThree figures in a small boat in the water. Other figures along the shore.
Marks
Annotated in graphite on verso: 108
InscriptionsInscribed in watercolor lower left: Salt Works Japan
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