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Drawing, Spes (Hope), Design for a Stained Glass Window, ca. 1890

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francis Augustus Lathrop. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

45.9 × 11.5 cm (18 1/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on base, lower center: SPES; above: Hope

Cite this object as

Drawing, Spes (Hope), Design for a Stained Glass Window, ca. 1890; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on tracing paper; 45.9 × 11.5 cm (18 1/16 × 4 1/2 in.); 1914-38-365

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