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Print, Design for a Bookplate: Colonial Dames of America, 1894

This is a Print. It was designed by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer. It is dated 1894 and we acquired it in 1937. Its medium is steel engraving on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Edith Wetmore. It is credited Gift of Edith Wetmore.

Its dimensions are

8.3 × 10.8 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, lower left (on ribbon): Mrs. J K Van Rensselaer

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Bookplate: Colonial Dames of America, 1894; Designed by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer (American, 1848–1925); steel engraving on white paper; 8.3 × 10.8 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.); Gift of Edith Wetmore; 1937-27-2

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