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Decorative Design with Tree of Life

(American, 1804–1887)
about 1826
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor and iron gall ink
DimensionsSheet: 15.7 x 12.5cm (6 3/16 x 4 15/16in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number57.228
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
Inscriptions"Michail" in iron gall ink on verso at top
ProvenanceBy 1951, Robert Carlen, Philadelphia, PA; 1957, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 11, 1957)
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