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New York Harbor from Brooklyn Heights Window
William Martine Harding (American, 1865–1869)
May 1869
Medium/Technique
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.1 x 19.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number61.286
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 322
DescriptionRecto: Window with lambrequin and open jalousies, looking across water to Governor's Island. Verso: faint graphite sketch of a young girl.
InscriptionsInscribed lower left in gray wash: From my room window / May 1869 / W.M. Harding / Fecit; inscribed lower right in gray wash: 55 Columbia St. / Brooklyn Heights
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; gift to MFA May 10, 1961