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1930

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1963

  • We acquired this object.

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Print, Illustration for Don Quixote

This is a Print. It was written by Miguel de Cervantes and designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and published by Nonesuch Press and printed by The Curwen Press. It is dated 1930 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph, hand-colored additions in brush and yellow watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

22.9 × 14.2 cm (9 × 5 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in purple ink, on verso, at bottom right corner: THIS DESIGN TO BE RETURNED / to E. McKNIGHT KAUFFER - / 141 SWAN COURT -LONDON, S.W.3.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, in lower right corner: DON QUIXOTE

Cite this object as

Print, Illustration for Don Quixote; Written by Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish, 1547–1616); Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Printed by The Curwen Press (United Kingdom); Published by Nonesuch Press; USA; offset lithograph, hand-colored additions in brush and yellow watercolor on paper; 22.9 × 14.2 cm (9 × 5 9/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-354

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