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Girl seated by a Brook
While Grief Presents a Tear
Girl seated by a Brook
American
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.9 x 20.5 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1202 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk Art- Memorial- Young woman seated at left under two willow trees, beside stream flowing from hillside right.
InscriptionsIn margin below in ink:
O may each tender feeling wake
While grief presents a tear
Tho I of sorrows cup partake
My heart remains sincere
I trust there's one whose heart can feel
My never ceasing woe
But flinty hearts composed of steel
My sorrow nee'r shall know
O may each tender feeling wake
While grief presents a tear
Tho I of sorrows cup partake
My heart remains sincere
I trust there's one whose heart can feel
My never ceasing woe
But flinty hearts composed of steel
My sorrow nee'r shall know
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)