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Parker Burial Ground, Hong Kong
Image Not Available for Parker Burial Ground, Hong Kong

Parker Burial Ground, Hong Kong

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1854
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 19.7 x 32.9 cm (7 3/4 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.890
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink lower left: Kern delt; lower right: view from Parker burial ground / looking toward Whampoa-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