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Portrait of Lydia Watson, wife of Col. Watson. Age, 55 .

(American, 1792–1884)
1833
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 10.2 x 8.1 cm (4 x 3 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number51.2509
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsOn back of frame: 1833 age 55 yrs. wife of Col. j.W. Watson Princeton, Mass.
Provenance1951, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 8, 1951)
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