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1938

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Drawing, Design for an Inkstand

This is a Drawing. It is dated early 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray-black wash, black chalk on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

15.7 × 22.6 cm (6 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: upper part of a lily

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Inkstand; Italy; pen and ink, brush and gray-black wash, black chalk on paper; 15.7 × 22.6 cm (6 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-576

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