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Drawing, Design for a Bell and Belfry

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1739 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash 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.

It has the following markings

Watermark: (H)ONIG

It is inscribed

The bell is inscribed (in brush): "Johann Andreas Liebhard 1739." Scale along left edge and the monogram "JL."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Bell and Belfry; Germany; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-408

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