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Botany Bay From Sir Joseph Banks' Hotel

(American, 1823–1863)
January 1854
Medium/TechniquePen and ink and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 11.7 x 26.2 cm (4 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.909
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink lower left: Botany bay (something illegible) / from Sir Jos's Bank's Hotel Botany N.S.W. January 1854; lower right: Edw M. Kern
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Captain William Brenton Boggs, the Ringgold-Rodgers Expedition's purser; bought from Bogg's granddaughter by Maxim Karolik. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA November 12, 1959