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The Brig of Charles of Boston

(American (born in Italy), 1752–1845)
1803
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor on paper mounted on panel
DimensionsPanel: 34.3 x 50.2cm (13 1/2 x 19 3/4in.)
Framed: 37.8 x 53.7 cm (14 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Clarice Oxnard Davis
Accession number42.468
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsIn gold on black band ; center: Charles of Boston 1803
ProvenanceCommodore Edward Preble; William Oxnard; Clarice Oxnard Davis (great great-neice of Commodore Edward Preble); bequest to MFA, October 8, 1942.
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