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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
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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