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Print, The Opening of Trade

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

50.2 × 36.5 cm (19 3/4 × 14 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Bottom: "l'Ouverture du Commerce".

Cite this object as

Print, The Opening of Trade; France; brush and watercolor on paper, mounted; 50.2 × 36.5 cm (19 3/4 × 14 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-293

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