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Drawing, Design for a Window Hanging

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1775–1800 and we acquired it in 1908. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

23.9 x 18.1 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in blue ink at lower right: N encircled

It is inscribed

Written in pen and black ink at lower right: No 4; verso: written separately in graphite: 236/No 2

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Window Hanging; France; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper; 23.9 x 18.1 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1908-26-137

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