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Studies of Ships and Shore
Studies of Ships and Shore

Studies of Ships and Shore

George R. Bonfield (American, 1802–1898)
1822–76
Medium/TechniquePen and ink, brush and brown and gray wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 20.2 x 25.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number58.840
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed in ink at left in the sand: sand Center bottom in graphite: Delaware Bottom right: Sketches from Nature G. R. BonfieldProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA September 18, 1958
Old Sloop on the Delaware
George R. Bonfield
1850