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The Adirondack Guide

(American, 1836–1910)
1894
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 38.5 x 54.6 cm (15 3/16 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Alma H. Wadleigh
Accession number47.268
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned and dated in black watercolor l.l.: "HOMER / 1894" Verso: in graphite, "No. 5 -- Picture for a dark corner" and miscellaneous notations.
ProvenanceMarch 13, 1897, received from the artist by Doll and Richards Gallery, Boston; April 26, 1897, sold by Doll and Richards to George C. Wadleigh (b. 1847), Haverhill, MA; to his wife, Alma Hodgdon Wadleigh (b. 1860 - d. 1946), Haverhill; 1947, bequest of Alma H. Wadleigh to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 13, 1947)