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Baker's National Theatre, Cincinnati
mid-19th century
Place Depicted: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Medium/Technique
Watercolor, black and colored crayons, and graphite, with pricking and cut-outs on laminated paper (top sheet verso blackened to increase opacity)
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.8 x 35.7 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.429
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1141, fig. 251 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk Art- Landscape- Facade of a two-story building with sign across the top, Bakers National Theatre. On right a factory Ohio F.../ Manufa.../ Cordage; on left a printing establishment, ... Cincinnati / and Times. In foreground, two children with hoop and man driving two-wheeled drag; couple left. Above doorway center: Entrance to the / dress circle / and/ Paraquett. The panes of the theater windows are painted on the underpaper, the upper sheet being cut away.
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)