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The Brilliant Polka

(American, active in 1852–1862)
1862
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and watercolor on brown paper
DimensionsSheet: 28.7 x 22.7 cm (11 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number58.908
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed below dancing couples right in graphite: Emile Masson Delt / 1862
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA September 18, 1958
Emile Masson
1852–62
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