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Drawing, Calabrian Peasant Woman Walking to the Fields

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1800-1825 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is graphite, brush and watercolor and gouache 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

Plate: 24.5 × 17.7 cm (9 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.) Paper: 29.8 × 23.6 cm (11 3/4 × 9 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: J 1799 RUSH

It is inscribed

Caption: "costume calabrese, andando a lavorare/alla campagne."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Calabrian Peasant Woman Walking to the Fields; Italy; graphite, brush and watercolor and gouache on paper; Plate: 24.5 × 17.7 cm (9 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.) Paper: 29.8 × 23.6 cm (11 3/4 × 9 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-217

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