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Taking a Lunar
Henry Inman (American, 1801–1846)
1823–46
Medium/Technique
Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 11.7 x 16 cm (4 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number59.111
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionMan with a cigarette in his mouth, holding a bottle in his right hand, raises his left arm up towards two cresent moons in the right hand portion of the sky.
InscriptionsInscribed below in pen and ink: Taking a Lunar!; in graphite lower right: Inman.
Note on lower margin of brown mount in graphite: By Henry Inman- / Drawn in J. McMurtrie's house-
Note on lower margin of brown mount in graphite: By Henry Inman- / Drawn in J. McMurtrie's house-
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA February 12, 1959