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Drawing, Design for a Printed Border

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1810–20 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is black chalk, brush and gouache, blue ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt, Eleanor Garnier Hewitt, Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

30.6 x 45 cm (12 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: D C Blauw and Strasburg lily

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Printed Border; France; black chalk, brush and gouache, blue ink on paper; 30.6 x 45 cm (12 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-13-136

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