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Small Temple Near Shimoda
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Small Temple Near Shimoda

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
May 1855
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and white watercolor on yellow-gray paper
DimensionsSheet: 25.4 x 38.6 cm (10 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.920
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower left: Small Temple near Simoda Japan May /55ProvenanceGiven 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