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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
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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