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Madeira Boats on the Beach

(American, 1823–1863)
1853
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and brush and wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.1 x 26.9 cm (8 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number1973.337
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite below center: Madira (sic) Boats on the Beach; lower left: No. 20.
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Bequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport to MFA June 13, 1973
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