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Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1700–1725 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash, white heightening on thick light brown laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 28.3 × 21.3 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash, white heightening on thick light brown laid paper; H x W: 28.3 × 21.3 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1726

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