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Drawing, Design for ink stand

This is a Drawing. It was manufactured by Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai. It is dated 1800–1825 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brush and yellow, red watercolor, black, graphite, on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

19.8 x 17 cm (7 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Below, brown ink: No. 56180; graphite: 64f Left center, graphite: 76 f

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for ink stand; Manufactured by Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai; Belgium; brush and yellow, red watercolor, black, graphite, on cream laid paper; 19.8 x 17 cm (7 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-157

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