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The Dunce

1800–1900
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor
Dimensions21 x 18.4cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Margaret C. L. Gildea
Accession number1978.134
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLower left on bench: "TB/1806". On verso of mount in pencil: BC Smith ? Lancaster/Pa/1835.
ProvenanceDr. Margaret C.L. Gildea, Woods Hole, MA; gift to MFA, April 1978.
The Good School Boy
Anonymous (signed: TB 1806), American, 19th century
1800–1900
Two Children with a Hobby Horse
Anonymous, English, early 19th century
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Huntington Avenue Entrance, 1907-1909
Anonymous, American, early 20th century
1907–09
Woman Lamenting, Beside the Arms of her Husband
Woman Lamenting, Beside the Arms of her Husband
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Mrs. Wing of Marion, Massachusetts
Mrs. Wing of Marion, Massachusetts
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
1831
Birth and baptism certificate of Anmaria Bensinger, born 1783
Birth and baptism certificate of Anmaria Bensinger, born 1783
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
after 1783
Church at Newburgh, New York
Unknown American, 19th century
Spring Blessing: "Du Lässt den schönen Frühling Kommen . . ."
Spring Blessing: "Du Lässt den schönen Frühling Kommen . . ."
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
1790–1850
House Blessing: "Die Menschen bauen sich oft Hauser und Palaste"
House Blessing: "Die Menschen bauen sich oft Hauser und Palaste"
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Salem Massachusetts Common
Salem Massachusetts Common
Unknown American, 19th century
1863
Three fishermen and a two master
Unknown American, 19th century
about 1851
Residence of Washington Irving on the Hudson, 1836–1841
Residence of Washington Irving on the Hudson, 1836–1841
Unknown American, 19th century