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Drawing, Vision of Abraham

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1725 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brush and ink and wash with white heightening on blue laid 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

18.1 × 24.9 cm (7 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Vision of Abraham; France; brush and ink and wash with white heightening on blue laid paper; 18.1 × 24.9 cm (7 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-121

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