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Launching a Fishing Boat
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822–1888)
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil and neutral washes on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.3 x 38.1 cm (8 3/8 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.353
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 246
DescriptionRowboat with net being pushed from stern; two oarsmen steering into breaking wave. Man, child and dog on shore left.
InscriptionsLL in Graphite pencil: A. Major / from F.O.C. Darley-
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 7, 1956