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Portrait of Hoqua (Tea Merchant)
Portrait of Hoqua (Tea Merchant)

Portrait of Hoqua (Tea Merchant)

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
February 1855
Medium/TechniqueBrush and gray wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 20.1 x 15.3 cm (7 15/16 x 6 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.887
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink: Kern / Hou Qua / Hong Kong / Feby 55.ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 8, 1960