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The Aged Pastor

The Aged Pastor

(American, 1822–1888)
1850–59
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and gray wash on board
DimensionsSheet: 38.1 x 30.5 cm (15 x 12 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number61.267
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed lower left in pen and ink: F.O.C. Darley - fecit; inscribed lower center in graphite: "Often have no hush'd / The shrillish echo of our holiday, / Turning our mirth to neverence as ho pass'd, / And eager to record one favoring smile, / Oh word paternal." Lower right in graphite: Recollections of an Aged Pastor
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961