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The Water Seller

(American, 1850–1909)
1878
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions116.84 x 55.24 cm (46 x 21 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jean Paul Selinger
Accession number10.101
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsUpper left: John Selinger. 1878.; Reverse: Price $1500/John Paul Selinger/Munich 1878./A Water Seller.
Provenance1878, the artist; 1909, by descent to the artist's wife, Emily McGary (Mrs. Jean or John Paul) Selinger; 1910, gift of Mrs. Jean Paul Selinger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 7, 1910)
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