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Drawing, Design for the Decoration of a Frieze

This is a Drawing. It was created by C. C.. It is dated 1811 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

16.4 × 35.3 cm (6 7/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signature written with ink below at right: "Le 14 Juin 1811 C. C."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Decoration of a Frieze; C. C. (French, active 19th c.); France; pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper; 16.4 × 35.3 cm (6 7/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-13-6

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