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Fisher Girl, Hong Kong
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1854
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.9 x 19.5 cm (10 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.912
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionYoung woman standing on the rocks along the water. Her hat is on the ground before her.
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink along right side: Kern / The Fisher Girl / Hong Kong
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959