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Izaak Walton Centipede Goes Fishing

(American, 1877–1970)
about 1915
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on cardboard
DimensionsSheet: 48 x 54.3 cm (18 7/8 x 21 3/8 in.)
Credit LineAbbott Lawrence Fund
Accession number2014.1135
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsTitled in pencil beneath the image at lower left. Inscribed "Copyrighted by Life. Pub Co" beneath the image at lower right Stamped "Copyright by Life Publishing Company /..." and "BLUES & GO AHEAD" on the reverse. Numbered in several places on the reverse: "Mrs. Buswell No. 1976 1" = 10'..." center right edge, " #2286" in pencil u.l.; "8" and "8455" each within a circle in blue pencil in the center; "No. 1623-1" in pencil at the lower center edge; with with an illegible pencil inscription, perhaps "Benday/669/..." at the lower right corner.
ProvenanceAugust 29, 2014, sold by Skinner Auctioneers, Marlborough, MA, Discovery Sale 2742T (lot 1362) to the MFA. (Accession Date, September 24, 2014)
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