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A Chinese Lady, Wife of Houqua
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A Chinese Lady, Wife of Houqua

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
February 1855
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 26 x 18.7 cm (10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.863
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink lower right: Kern / A Chinese Lady / Wife of Harr Qua / Hong Kong Feby 1855ProvenanceMaxim 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.