Fort St. lago, Madeira, c. 1850

Not on View

Medium

watercolor and graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 17.62 × 25.4 cm (6 15/16 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Edward M. East)

Accession Number

2015.19.556

Artists / Makers

William Brenton Boggs (artist) American, 1809 - 1875

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in white watercolor: Fort St Iago / Madeira; lower right in white watercolor: W.B.B.; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 1/2 Pol

Provenance

Mrs. Edward M. East, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
East, Edward M.

Exhibition History

1983: The Grand Tour, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

Bibliography

1983: Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 8, no. 54.