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Drawing, Designs for two doorknockers

This is a Drawing. It was created by Richard de Lalonde. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watecolor on 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

18.2 x 29.8 cm (7 3/16 x 11 3/4 in.) matted with -184 Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: Pro Patria (Churchill 145)

It is inscribed

Inscription, pen and black ink, at left: bouton profils heurtoire, ou Marteaux vu de face profils bouton

Cite this object as

Drawing, Designs for two doorknockers; Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780–96); France; pen and black ink, brush and watecolor on white laid paper; 18.2 x 29.8 cm (7 3/16 x 11 3/4 in.) matted with -184 Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-185

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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