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Drawing, Two Boys Looking at a Book

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1740–1760 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is graphite, brush and wash on 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

12.4 × 19.1 cm (4 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Two Boys Looking at a Book; Netherlands; graphite, brush and wash on laid paper; 12.4 × 19.1 cm (4 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-142

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