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Boats in a Harbor, c. 1824. Brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper laid down on tan wove paper.
Brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper laid down on tan wove paper · 14.3 × 22.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Boats in a Harbor
- Artist
- Richard Parkes Bonington English, 1802-1828
- Date
- c. 1824
- Medium
- Brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper laid down on tan wove paper
- Dimensions
- 14.3 × 22.2 cm (5 11/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Celia and David Hilliard
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1802–1828
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.