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Drawing, Cover of Manhattan Illustrated Magazine, April 1884, with Corrections

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francis Augustus Lathrop. It is dated ca. 1884 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is photograph with graphite corrections on brown board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by H. A. Hammond Smith.

Its dimensions are

19.3 × 25.8 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: discarded for O; lower center: reworked for another design smaller and simple (?)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cover of Manhattan Illustrated Magazine, April 1884, with Corrections; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; photograph with graphite corrections on brown board; 19.3 × 25.8 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.); 1914-38-327

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