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Drawing, A Sepulchral Monument

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1800-1825 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and chinese ink, brush and gray wash on 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

66.8 × 48.3 cm (26 5/16 in. × 19 in.)

It is signed

"Hennequin" is written in the base, at right.

It is inscribed

Below is an unintelligible inscription, probably beginning: "A LA/MEMOIRE."; Mask with inscription: "Politique/Machiavel."; Verso: written at the upper edge, in ink: "No. 129."

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Sepulchral Monument; pen and chinese ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 66.8 × 48.3 cm (26 5/16 in. × 19 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-168

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