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Morse Family Record with portraits
Morse Family Record with portraits

Morse Family Record with portraits

Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Medium/TechniquePen, graphite pencil and watercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 49.53 x 38.6 cm (19 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 51.9 x 41.1 cm (20 7/16 x 16 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number56.441
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsBelow, two ovals with inscriptions in pen: left, Ellis Morse./ and Lora Ayer,/ were married/ April 7th 1819/ and right: If there is bliss... (six line verse); two ruled columns of births and deaths.Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)
Changing Guard at an Army Camp
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Anthony and Hartshorn Memorials
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
The Armory
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Bowl of Flowers
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Bird Picking Strawberries from Basket of Fruit II
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Two Girls mourning by a Tomb, and an Angel blowing a Trumpet
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Shepherdess
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Village Street with Brook
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Oval Study of Fruit with Bird
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
The Genesee Canal
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840