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Drawing, Bust Portrait of a Young Woman

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jeanne Dabos. It is dated 1781 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is graphite, pen and ink 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

38.7 × 29.7 cm (15 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed at bottom: "Par Jeanne Bernard. A Paris/chez l'Epicier qui fait le/coin de la rue St. Pierre/et celle de montmartre/1781."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bust Portrait of a Young Woman; Jeanne Dabos (French, 1763 – 1842); graphite, pen and ink on paper; 38.7 × 29.7 cm (15 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1914-25-1

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