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Raising the Wind

Raising the Wind

(American, 1808–1889)
1844–46
Medium/TechniquePen and ink, brush and gray, brown and white wash on blue paper
DimensionsSheet: 26.4 x 38.7 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number61.315
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLL in pen and ink: J.G. Chapman Verso in graphite: for Mr. Cummings / title / JG Chapman
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961
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1844–46
The Holy Trinity and Four Angels
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Maria Theresa Coriolano
1630 or after
Landscape with City and Waterways; verso: two scenes from Roman history (left, Bound Prisoner Led Away from a Seated Ruler; right, Caius Mrius in Prison)
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Unidentified artist, Flemish, 17th century
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Perseverance
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1844–46
A Vestal Virgin Entombed
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Giovanni David
after 1775
[One of] 120 Ornamental Designs
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Landscape
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Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
17th century
Allegorical Figure of Abundance
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Giorgio Vasari
mid to late 16th century
Architectural Design (Piazza with Open Colonnade)
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Landscape with Trees and Rocks
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Johann Christian Reinhart
1804
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Honoré Daumier
date unknown