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A Balcony; Boats at Anchor

(American, 1811–1893)
August 20, 1842
Medium/TechniqueGraphite heightened with white; the boats touched with colored crayons and green watercolor, on pale gray paper
DimensionsSheet: 19.7 x 30.3 cm (7 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number52.1576
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed below: Basle August 20th 1842 Verso, annotated in pen and blue ink: Swiss no 5
ProvenanceGrace Casilear Burr, granddaughter of the artist; gift of Maxim Karolik for the proposed M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, 1800-1875, November 13, 1952