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Taking a Lunar

(American, 1801–1846)
1823–46
Medium/TechniquePen and ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 11.7 x 16 cm (4 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.111
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed below in pen and ink: Taking a Lunar!; in graphite lower right: Inman. Note on lower margin of brown mount in graphite: By Henry Inman- / Drawn in J. McMurtrie's house-
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA February 12, 1959
Portrait of Jarvis Stryker
Henry Inman
1845
Mrs. Jarvis Stryker
Mrs. Jarvis Stryker
Henry Inman
Man in Armor Holding Spear
Henry Inman
1823–46
Portrait of Benjamin Bussey (1757–1842)
Portrait of Benjamin Bussey (1757–1842)
Henry Inman
1830
Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Bussey
Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Bussey
Henry Inman
1830
Portrait of a Man
Henry Inman
1823–46
John Inman
Henry Inman
about 1828
Georgianna Buckham and Her Mother (Anna Traphagen Buckham)
Georgianna Buckham and Her Mother (Anna Traphagen Buckham)
Henry Inman
1839
Dismissal of School on an October Afternoon
Henry Inman
1845
Front Elevation of Charles H. Collins House, Meriden, Connecticut
Front Elevation of Charles H. Collins House, Meriden, Connecticut
Henry Austin
About 1868 (house built in 1868, demolished in 1955)
Ready for Christmas
Edward Lamson Henry
1855–1919
Camp Ellsworth (Near Darnestown, MD)
Camp Ellsworth (Near Darnestown, MD)
Henry J. Shaw
September 25, 1861