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1931

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Drawing, Sketch for an Unused Scene for a Cartoon for Cotton Printing: La Vie de Bélisaire

This is a Drawing. It was created by Bonaventure M. Lebert. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and 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. It is credited Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

20.8 × 20.6 cm (8 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Nude figure balanced on a globe (Churchill no. 193)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketch for an Unused Scene for a Cartoon for Cotton Printing: La Vie de Bélisaire; Bonaventure M. Lebert (1759–1836); France; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 20.8 × 20.6 cm (8 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-104

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