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Print, The Sense of Sight, ca. 1750

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is brush and watercolor on paper, mounted. 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

39.5 × 57.7 cm (15 9/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Bottom margin left: "ET TERRAE, et Coeli, quid habend miracula pulchris / Haec si non oculis t anta videre queas". Center: "LA VUE / a Paris chez Daudet". Right: "Les miracles diverse de la Terre et des Cieux / Ne seroient rien poir nous s'il nous manquoit [very small] les yeux".

Cite this object as

Print, The Sense of Sight, ca. 1750; France; brush and watercolor on paper, mounted; 39.5 × 57.7 cm (15 9/16 × 22 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-291

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