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Group on Board Ship
Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
1847
Medium/Technique
Graphite on buff board
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.5 x 37.6 cm (8 7/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number67.687
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionTwo women and a man seated aboard a ship around a stool upon which a lap dog is standing. The man is shaking the dog's paw.
InscriptionsInscribed below center: on Board / Ship Steven Whitney
Inscribed lower right: 1847 / J.F.Cropsey (beneath the date and signature, is still visible John Francis Cropsey's full name in graphite, although erased).
Annotated lower left in pen and blue ink: #45
Inscribed lower right: 1847 / J.F.Cropsey (beneath the date and signature, is still visible John Francis Cropsey's full name in graphite, although erased).
Annotated lower left in pen and blue ink: #45
Provenance1967, bequest of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 28, 1967)