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Drawing, Studies of Two Eagle Heads and One Wing, from Cardinal Bernis' Eagle

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1908. Its medium is pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Florence Mathews.

Its dimensions are

11 × 16.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, center right: from Cardinal / Bernis' Eagle; in graphite in another hand, lower right: [???] by Miss Florence Mathews

Cite this object as

Drawing, Studies of Two Eagle Heads and One Wing, from Cardinal Bernis' Eagle; Italy; pen and ink on paper; 11 × 16.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.); 1908-17-2

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