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Feather House, Boston
American
1839
Medium/Technique
Graphite and watercolor washes on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.1 x 36.2 cm (10 11/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3892
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 12
DescriptionAcademic artists- anonymous landscapes. Gabled two-and-a-half story house. Sign over second story: John R. Simpson Jun. Group of pedestrians at corner left. Cart loaded with beef in front of Faneuil Hall right.
InscriptionsUpper right in graphite: "Feather Store / corner of Anne Street." over earlier inscription of same information In ink: "71".
Verso: rough watercolor sketches of foliage
Verso: rough watercolor sketches of foliage
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950
Coll: John Lawrence
Coll: John Lawrence