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Certificate of Merit

Certificate of Merit

(American, 19th century)
Medium/TechniquePen and watercolor with yellow border on paper
DimensionsSheet: 15.1 x 14.0 cm (5 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.875
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsAt top in pen and ink: This Cerificate that the Bearer Miss Mary Lewis/ by her good behaviour in school has gained the favor and / applause of her Instructress Sarah Fairbanks/ Francestown September 1820
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)
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