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1963

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2015

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Drawing, Camp of the Homeless on Colonial Lake

This is a Drawing. It was published by Charles Scribners’ Sons. It is dated 1896 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is pen and brush and black ink, brush and white gouache on paper, laid down on board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

21.4 × 29.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: Wist. J. Harper / 1896

Cite this object as

Drawing, Camp of the Homeless on Colonial Lake; Published by Charles Scribner's Sons; pen and brush and black ink, brush and white gouache on paper, laid down on board; 21.4 × 29.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.); 1963-91-27

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