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Summer Selections: Scenes and Citizens of the Early Republic in Watercolor
Nightlife in Philadelphia—an Oyster Barrow in Front of the Chestnut Street Theatre, 1811–ca. 1813
Attributed to John Lewis Krimmel (born Germany, 1786–1821); formerly attributed to Pavel Petrovich Svinin (born Russia, 1787/88–1839)
Watercolor and graphite on white laid paper; 9 3/16 x 6 13/16 in. (23.3 x 17.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1942 (42.95.18)
Steamboat Travel on the Hudson River, ca. 1811–13
Pavel Petrovich Svinin (born Russia, 1787–1839)
Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper; 9 13/16 x 14 1/4 in. (24.9 x 36.2 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1942 (42.95.7)
Two Indians and a White Man in a Canoe, ca. 1811–13
Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper; 5 13/16 x 8 1/2 in. (14.8 x 22 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1942 (42.95.33)