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Print, The Introduction

This is a Print. It is dated 1785 and we acquired it in 1908. Its medium is stipple and line engraving in brown ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Katherine Strong Welman. It is credited Bequest of Katherine Strong Welman.

Its dimensions are

18 × 20 cm (7 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, center: "Colibert Invt. et Sculpt." Lower center: "London Pubd April 25 1785, by las. Birchall. No. 473 Stroud."

Cite this object as

Print, The Introduction; France; stipple and line engraving in brown ink on paper; 18 × 20 cm (7 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Bequest of Katherine Strong Welman; 1908-23-53

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