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This and 87 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album.

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1943

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Album Page, Sketches from Hoorn

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated August 23, 1887 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. William Greenough. It is credited Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.

Its dimensions are

31.7 x 24 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, clockwise from lower left: Sketches made / in Hoorn / Aug 23 1887; small lookout tower on.... gate; Hospital St. Fran... Hoorn / Built 1563 / Aug. 23 1887; dormers; (inscribed in circle): 27; 25; a unicorn holding the arms of Hoorn; two gabled house. Verso, in graphite, from left:

Cite this object as

Album Page, Sketches from Hoorn; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); Netherlands; graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric; 31.7 x 24 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-104

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