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Drawing, Man Pushing a Wheelbarrow, Possible Sketch for an Island for a Cotton Printing

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1800–1812 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

24.9 × 24 cm (9 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Below, in ink: No. 7

Cite this object as

Drawing, Man Pushing a Wheelbarrow, Possible Sketch for an Island for a Cotton Printing; France; graphite on paper; 24.9 × 24 cm (9 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-3

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