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Drawing, Study for A Personification of Asia

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is red chalk 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

11.5 × 16.8 cm (4 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Lower left part of watermark: escutcheon with lion rampant supporta a (?); J. Peoli mark.

It is inscribed

"W[eiss]" is written beside her turban, "g[e]l[b]" in her skirt.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for A Personification of Asia; France; red chalk on laid paper; 11.5 × 16.8 cm (4 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-209

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