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Painting Case with eighteen palettes

(American, 1777–1807)
about 1800
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueIvory, pigments
Dimensions13.97 x 30.48 x 22.86 cm (5 1/2 x 12 x 9 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number39.117
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ClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved "EGM" in sprigged script on lid of cylindrical case.
ProvenanceOwned originally by the artist Edward Green Malbone (1777-1807); nineteenth-century history unknown; owned by the dealer Alvin C. Detweiler of Washington D.C., in May 1937; acquired from Detweiler by the Karoliks before January 1939.