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Calligraphic drawing (decorative arrangement of calling cards with eagle and floral border)

Anna E. Lowes (American, 19th century)

mid 19th century

Medium/TechniqueWatercolor and iron gall ink with graphite

DimensionsSheet: 43 x 54 cm (16 15/16 x 21 1/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800-1875

Accession number2008.35

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InscriptionsTop: on band held by eagle: SPECIMEN OF PENMANSHIP; below: Written by Anna E. Lowes. Calling cards bear names of men; clockwise from upper right: J. W. Barlar, David Webb, Wm Tuers, Z. C. Inslee, John Gray, George L..., James P. Bremner, T. Lawler, T. Willia[ms], J. B. Bun[..]. Benj. Parkhurst, Abm. Denike, Wm. D. Murphy, George Bu[...]. In center: Wade B. Worrall. One card inscribed 1856 7th Ward.

ProvenanceBy 1964, Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession date: March 6, 2008)