Two sketches: A Garden Fence and Awning and A Cove, Seen from a High Bank

John Appleton Brown (American, 1844–1902)

1879

Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil and chinese white on blue-gray paper

DimensionsTop Image: 11.1 x 11.4cm (4 3/8 x 4 1/2in.)
Bottom Image: 6.6 x 11.4cm (2 5/8 x 4 1/2in.)

Credit LineGift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession number50.726

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InscriptionsInscribed, signed, and dated in upper margin of gray-green mount: Miss Hodges/ with kind regards of/ J. Appleton Brown/ June 79 Verses in lower margin: " Sea-Shore"/ Behold the sea/The opaline, the plentiful and strong,/ Yet beautiful as is the rose of June."

ProvenanceL. Aaron Lebowich, Boston, MA; gift to MFA, April 13, 1950.