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Raising the Wind
John Gadsby Chapman (American, 1808–1889)
1844–46
Medium/Technique
Pen and ink, brush and gray, brown and white wash on blue paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.4 x 38.7 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number61.315
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CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 646
DescriptionDrawing for Sketching Club- Street vendor lifting cover from steaming pot of roasting chestnuts to tempt passerby.
Marks
Watermark: M with laurel wreath
InscriptionsLL in pen and ink: J.G. Chapman Verso in graphite: for Mr. Cummings / title / JG Chapman
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961