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Calligraphic sampler with alphabet poem

(American, flourished 1770–1786)
1770
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor, pen and brown ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 20.8 x 32.9 cm (8 3/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number56.772
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLR in ink: geschrieben; ll: Von Johann/ Henrich Otto 1770
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1956)