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Anthony and Hartshorn Memorials

Medium/TechniquePen, graphite pencil, stencil and watercolor on velvet
DimensionsSheet: 54.1 x 65.2 cm (21 5/16 x 25 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number62.138
On View
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsOn gravestone in pen and ink: In Memory of/ Floura Lewis Anthony./ who died Sept. 7 1797/ Aged 2 years./ and Also/ Lewis William Anthony./ Who died May 23, 1815/ Aged 5 years. On tomb in center in pen: Sacred to the Memory / of/ Zephaniah and Waite Anthony; on tomb at right: Sacred to the Memory/ Of/ Stephen and Silence Hartshorn
ProvenanceBy 1952, Victor Spark, NY; 1953, to Maxim Karolik, Newport; his Gift to MFA, Accessioned February 14, 1962
Bird Picking Strawberries from Basket of Fruit II
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Shepherdess
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Bird Picking Strawberries from Basket of Fruit, I
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Classical Composition with Figures, about 1800
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Memorial for George Washington
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Bowl of Flowers
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Ruth and Naomi in a Landscape
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Castle and Bridge
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
about 1840
Children Gathering Wood
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Basket of Fruit with Blue Jay
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Oval Vignette of Flowers
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840