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1943

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2015

2024

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Print, Panel with the Letter "K" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"

This is a Print. It was print maker: Lukas Kilian. It is dated 1627 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is engraving on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Adam G. Norrie in memory of E.L. Breese.

Its dimensions are

14.3 × 11.6 cm (5 5/8 × 4 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: [stylized upside-down Y with upturned leg at right; see cat. card for sketch]

Cite this object as

Print, Panel with the Letter "K" from the "Newes ABC Büechlein"; Print Maker: Lukas Kilian (German, 1579 – 1637); Germany; engraving on off-white laid paper; 14.3 × 11.6 cm (5 5/8 × 4 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Adam G. Norrie in memory of E.L. Breese; 1943-38-7

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