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Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Boat with Sail, for Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouches

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jacques de Lajoüe. It is dated 1734 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is pen and brush and black ink, wash, 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

26 x 20.6 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It is signed

Signed on the bottom right: "Lajoue"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Boat with Sail, for Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouches; Jacques de Lajoüe (French, 1687–1761); France; pen and brush and black ink, wash, graphite on cream laid paper; 26 x 20.6 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1914-21-29

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