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Memorial for John Combs

Memorial for John Combs

about 1816
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil and watercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 39.4 x 50.2 cm (15 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.) oval
Sheet: 40.0 x 50.3 cm (15 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.) corners cut
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.1089
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsOn tomb above: four-line verse; below: AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN COMBS/ WHO DIED MARCH 14TH, 1816, AGED 10 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS.
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 1960)
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