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Graveyard, Hakodate
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Graveyard, Hakodate

Edward Meyer Kern (American, 1823–1863)
1855
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and wash with white watercolor on gray paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.6 x 34 cm (8 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number59.921
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ClassificationsDrawings
Inscriptionsinscribed in graphite lower center: Graveyard / Hakodadi / Japan; lower right: KernProvenanceGiven 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