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Drawing, Owl and Figure in Landscape

This is a Drawing. It is dated 17th–19th century and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper, brush and white gouache 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.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Desrais; lower left: + / 3; in ink by a later hand, lower center: Presented by Miss E. H. Hewitt.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Owl and Figure in Landscape; Italy; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper, brush and white gouache on paper; Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-9

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