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Drawing, Design for a Decorative Panel

This is a Drawing. It was style of Jules-François Boucher le fils. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1908. Its medium is pencil, pen, ink, pink and blue watercolor washes on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

49.2 × 15.6 cm (19 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: ....? DA...? V...?

It is signed

Few parts of a signature, left bottom edge.

It is inscribed

Recent writing top of margin. Reverse: written with pencil "No. 244" (corrected 245).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Decorative Panel; Style of Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 – 1782); France; pencil, pen, ink, pink and blue watercolor washes on paper; 49.2 × 15.6 cm (19 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1908-26-128

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