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View of New London, Connecticut.
1840–60
Medium/Technique
Black and White chalk on gray-blue prepared paper (sandpaper)
Dimensions
Sheet: 52.9 x 70.8 cm (20 13/16 x 27 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number51.2506
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1174, fig 273 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- sandpaper. Copy of wood engraving by H.B., 1854 or 1855
InscriptionsOn verso stamped: Exposition universelle, de 1855 / Mention honorable / Papier-Carbon anti-ponce p. le Pastel. / Papier-Toile Verres et Emerises p. polir./ p.l. brevete, a bolbec, seine infre
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1948