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Sketchbook
Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837–1908)
1857–1908
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Leaves: 21.0 x 17.1 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1978.355
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings – Sketchbooks
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionRuled sketchbook, includes 37 Marine studies of the New England coast, usually 2 to a page on 21 leaves. Also includes some notes for paintings. Several additional pages are blank. Bound in red boards. Glued to the inside of the front cover, in 2 pieces, is a cut out poem entitled, "The Two Mysteries."
ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport; to MFA September 13, 1978