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South Head, Peel Island
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South Head, Peel Island

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
November 6, 1954
Medium/TechniqueBrush and wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 18.2 x 29.2 cm (7 3/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.860
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed below in pen and ink: South Head Lloyd Harbor / Peel I. Bonin Grp / Novr 6 /54ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959 Given by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik.