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Base of column, Paestum
Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
August 13, 1848
Medium/Technique
Graphite with white wash on ivory paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 30 x 42.2 cm (11 13/16 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number52.1587
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionStudy of the base of the column
InscriptionsInscribed below right: J F. Cropsey Paestum / Aug. 13th 1848
ProvenanceBy 1949, Mrs. Constance Mead, Flossmoor, Illinois; 1951, sold by Mrs. Mead to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1952, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession date: November 13, 1952)