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Image Not Available for View from Rua Bella Vista, Funchal
View from Rua Bella Vista, Funchal
Image Not Available for View from Rua Bella Vista, Funchal

View from Rua Bella Vista, Funchal

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
July 1853
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 20.3 x 29.5 cm (8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.888
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower left: Kern / View form Rua Bella Vista / Funchal - Madeira / July 1853ProvenanceGiven 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