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Album of Sketches

Thomas R. Hoyt (American, born in 1811)
American
1828–45

Medium/Technique Watercolor and ink
Dimensions Sheet: 14.0 x 20.3 cm (5 1/2 x 8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1978.371
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionFolk art- various. Studies of birds, flowers, landscapes, some tipped in, some laid down; many signed, some dated 1828, 1838, 1840. 13 leaves with sketches including back cover. Bound in tan paper
InscriptionsInscribed on flyleaf in ink: Paintings by Thomas R. Hoyt, Jr. Goffstown N.H. On back cover in ink: Thomas R. Hoyt, Jr.-his book Goffstown N.H.
Provenanceby August 27, 1948 Robert Schuyler Tompkins Early American Antiques Sheffeild, MA; August 27, 1948 sold to Maxim Karolik; 1978, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1978)