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Lobster Point
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Lobster Point

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
October 20, 1854
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 18.8 x 29.1 cm (7 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.862
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower left: Kern / Lobster Point Peel's Island - Oct 20 [21 is written in pen and ink over the graphite 20] 1854ProvenanceMaxim 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.