Entrance to Lloyd Harbor
Edward Meyer Kern
(American, 1823–1863)
October 29 1854
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 22.8 x 25.6 cm (9 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.861
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInsribed lower left in graphite; monogram EMK; in pen and ink lower center: South head Lobster Point Haughtow Beach; lower left: South head going in / Octo. 29 1854; in graphite lower center: Entrance to Gay Harbor / Peel IslandProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA Nov. 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.