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Drawing, Study from Nature

This is a Drawing. It was created by Thomas Doughty. It is dated 1833 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite on buff paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

19.5 × 29.1 cm (7 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed with a stylus (or very hard pencil) by the artist, lower right: Doughty; signed again in graphite, lower right: T. Doughty

It is inscribed

Inscribed with a stylus (or very hard pencil) by the artist, lower right: Study from Nature 1833

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study from Nature; Thomas Doughty (American, 1793–1856); USA; graphite on buff paper; 19.5 × 29.1 cm (7 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1018

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