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Sketchbook of 1828 and 1841

(American, 1803–1880)
1828–41
Medium/TechniqueSketchbook with graphite pencil and pen and black ink, sixty-five leaves bound in marbled paper boards
DimensionsLeaves: 19.5 x 12 cm (7 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Binding boards: 20 x 12.6 x 1.5 cm (7 7/8 x 4 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number61.361
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed on fly leaf in graphite: Henry Pratt / Boston 1828 / Sketch Book / Respectfully dedicated to / SAL Johnson and her / adored Thomas Cole Esqr / Artist ... Notes in other hands; Notes inscribed throughout.
ProvenanceCollection of Mrs. Alice S. Robinson, great-granddaughter of the artist. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961
Sketchbook 2
Alvan Fisher
1817
Coach Crossing a Stream (p. 41)
Alvan Fisher
1817
Study of clouds
Alvan Fisher
1816
Album of Dow Photographs: Cover
Arthur Wesley Dow
about 1900
Roman Landscape
William Stanley Haseltine
1875
Sketchbook
William Stanley Haseltine
1858
Page 77
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched, 1797–98; published 1799