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Blind Beggars at Canton
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Blind Beggars at Canton

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1854
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14.7 x 24 cm (5 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.889
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite below: Blind beggars at Canton Raining like ThunderProvenanceGiven 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