The Winter Piece

Mather Brown (American, 1761–1831)

1781–1831

Medium/TechniqueGraphite and pen and brown ink

DimensionsSheet: 23 x 17.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession number60.983

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InscriptionsInscribed on the open page of book, center left, "Winter Piece" Inscribed at bottom, "The Winter Piece" and "M B" in ink. In graphite, "rown" is annotated after the "M B". The beginning of another letter in ink is visible after the graphite "rown" however, it is cut off at the corner making it unidentifiable.

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA September 21, 1960