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1923

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Drawing, Blue-Black Bird on Rose Branch with Spider

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1800–1830 and we acquired it in 1923. Its medium is pen and ink, graphite on coated wove 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

19.5 × 26.5 cm (7 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Collector's mark: lower left

Cite this object as

Drawing, Blue-Black Bird on Rose Branch with Spider; pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper; 19.5 × 26.5 cm (7 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1923-22-29

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