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Portrait of Henry Laurens Roberts

(American, 1811–1865)
about 1835
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 20.5 x 18.6 cm (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.869
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLower margin in decorative brown script (ink): Henry Laurens Roberts. Born Octbr 18th / 1831. Painted at the age of 4 years.
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)
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