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Seaport village of Paramaribo, Surinam, seen from marshy area at shore, with buildings and houses at right and numerous small craft at anchor in the harbor, two flying red, white and blue flag (Dutch?); house on fire at right.
marines (visual works)
watercolors (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
watercolor (paint)
marines (visual works)
Picture
Seascape
Unidentified Paper
Watercolor
Pencil
Maritime
Seascape
1) [Inscribed in black watercolor, ink and pencil at base of image:] ""PARAMARIBO in Suriname,/Brand van den 21ste January Ao 1821."" 2) [bottom right corner of image, black watercolor:] ""W Donner/pinxet."" 3) [upper verso, felt tip on white round sticker, frame:] ""80"".
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.682.1
Donner, W. (Maker)
Holland
16.25 x 22.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.682.1A
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