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Small Temple Near Shimoda
Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
May 1855
Medium/Technique
Graphite and white watercolor on yellow-gray paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.4 x 38.6 cm (10 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.920
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionTemple in middle ground, left.
Marks
Annotated in graphite on verso: 88
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower left: Small Temple near Simoda Japan May /55
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik.Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959