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Drawing, View of a City, Various Buildings

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jacques Alphonse Testard. It is dated 1842 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash, graphite on numerous pieces of paper, all mounted on same sheet. 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.

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Drawing, View of a City, Various Buildings; Jacques Alphonse Testard (French, b. 1810); France; pen and ink, brush and wash, graphite on numerous pieces of paper, all mounted on same sheet; Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-61

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