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Drawing, Design for the printed center field of a handkerchief, 1775–1800

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1775–1800 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is brush and lilac, red, black gouache, 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.

Its dimensions are

7.8 x 8.3 cm (3 1/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink over graphite, upper center: 627. Inscribed in pen and black ink, B[on] p[our] fond de Mouchoir.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the printed center field of a handkerchief, 1775–1800; France; brush and lilac, red, black gouache, graphite on paper; 7.8 x 8.3 cm (3 1/16 x 3 1/4 in.); 1909-24-1

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