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Drawing, Design for a Clock

This is a Drawing. It was made for Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai. It is dated 1800–1825 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and gray ink, brush and yellow, green and brown washes on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

51.9 x 42.9 cm (20 7/16 x 16 7/8in.)

It has the following markings

watermark: Heawood 1364

It is inscribed

In pen and brown ink, lower left: "Le naufrage le vesseau vert 57 [---]"; in pen and brown ink at bottom margin, center: "a.a.o.f. gold/ [---]od"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Clock; Made for Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai; Belgium; pen and gray ink, brush and yellow, green and brown washes on off-white laid paper; 51.9 x 42.9 cm (20 7/16 x 16 7/8in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-131

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

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