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Drawing, Trial-proof for a printed vertical border

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780–1800 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brush and watercolor 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

44.2 x 28 cm (17 3/8 in. x 11 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: C. EMOREL / A MELIER / F.S. and lozenge-shaped shield with scroll border.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite: No. 359.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Trial-proof for a printed vertical border; France; brush and watercolor on paper; 44.2 x 28 cm (17 3/8 in. x 11 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-1

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