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Fisher Girl, Hong Kong
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Fisher Girl, Hong Kong

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1854
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite, and pen and ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 26.9 x 19.5 cm (10 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.912
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink along right side: Kern / The Fisher Girl / Hong KongProvenanceGiven 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