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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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Not on view
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
Frederick II, King of Prussia
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
about 1845
The Mower
The Mower
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
1842–88
"Lay Down the Piece"
"Lay Down the Piece"
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
about 1872
Indian Attack on an Emigrant Train
Indian Attack on an Emigrant Train
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Watermelon Feast
Watermelon Feast
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
1842–88
"You understand Latin, then?"
"You understand Latin, then?"
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
about 1860
Elizabeth Grace and Rachel Martin
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
1851
An Indian stampede. 1867
An Indian stampede. 1867
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
1867
Launching a Fishing Boat
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Ichabod Crane dancing with Katrina Van Tassel
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
1849
Ichabod Crane in the Schoolroom
Ichabod Crane in the Schoolroom
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
1849
Woman Clinging to a Cross
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
1844–88