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New York Harbor from Brooklyn Heights Window

(American, 1865–1869)
May 1869
Medium/TechniquePen and ink and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, cream wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 24.1 x 19.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number61.286
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed lower left in gray wash: From my room window / May 1869 / W.M. Harding / Fecit; inscribed lower right in gray wash: 55 Columbia St. / Brooklyn Heights
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; gift to MFA May 10, 1961
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