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1902

  • Work on this object ended.

1931

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Drawing, A Lady's Head, from Scribner's "Eighty Drawings including the Weaker Sex"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Charles Dana Gibson and print maker: R. Ponton. It is dated ca. 1897 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and black ink on glossy white board. 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

22.1 × 17.8 cm (8 11/16 in. × 7 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower right: R. Ponton; lower left: C. D. Gibson

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Lady's Head, from Scribner's "Eighty Drawings including the Weaker Sex"; Designed by Charles Dana Gibson (1867 – 1944); Print Maker: R. Ponton; USA; pen and black ink on glossy white board; 22.1 × 17.8 cm (8 11/16 in. × 7 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-262

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