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Blind Priests Begging, Shimoda
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Blind Priests Begging, Shimoda

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1855
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and white watercolor on yellow-gray paper
DimensionsSheet: 32.5 x 24.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.915
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower left: Kern / Blind Priests Begging / Simoda JapanProvenanceGiven 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