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Drawing, Design for a Banknote

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles Percier. It is dated ca. 1815 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black crayon, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on light brown 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

7.2 × 17.8 cm (2 13/16 in. × 7 in.)

It is inscribed

Two unintelligible words in upper left. Possibly signed in lower right.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Banknote; Charles Percier (French, 1764–1838); France; black crayon, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on light brown paper; 7.2 × 17.8 cm (2 13/16 in. × 7 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-143

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