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Drawing, Design for Magazine Cover

This is a Drawing. It was created by Kenyon Cox. It is dated 1898 and we acquired it in 1923. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Kenyon Cox. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Kenyon Cox.

Its dimensions are

36.3 × 50.5 cm (14 5/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: The young republic dedicating/ her sword to liberty; in graphite, lower right: How would [...] do for [...] Lincoln?/ Columbia crowning the bust of the Emanicipation

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Magazine Cover; Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919); USA; graphite on paper; 36.3 × 50.5 cm (14 5/16 × 19 7/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Kenyon Cox; 1923-6-62

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