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Drawing, Allegorical Representation of the Principles of the Revolution, ca. 1790-1800

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1790-1800 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and ink 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

17 × 22.6 cm (6 11/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: upper part of a Strasburg lily.

It is inscribed

Captions written in pencil, above the figures: "Droit ...rni..(?), liberté," respectively.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Allegorical Representation of the Principles of the Revolution, ca. 1790-1800; France; pen and ink, brush and ink on paper; 17 × 22.6 cm (6 11/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-197

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