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Drawing, A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Marie Allard

This is a Drawing. It was after Louis Carrogis. It is dated ca. 1766 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown, pink, and gray wash over graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 23.3 × 15.1 cm (9 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso lower left: dessiné par Mlle Bonnet; in ink, verso lower right: J. I. R.; in graphite, verso upper right: Alard

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Marie Allard; After Louis Carrogis (1717–1806); France; pen and brown ink, brush and brown, pink, and gray wash over graphite on white laid paper; H x W: 23.3 × 15.1 cm (9 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-237

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