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Drawing, A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Leclerc, ca. 1766

This is a Drawing. It was after Louis Carrogis. It is dated ca. 1766 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and brown, pink, and gray watercolor on white 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

H x W: 22.5 × 14.8 cm (8 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, caption below figure: Mel Leclerc; in ink, verso upper right corner: 10; in ink, verso bottom right: J. I. R.

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Leclerc, ca. 1766; After Louis Carrogis (1717–1806); France; graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and brown, pink, and gray watercolor on white paper; H x W: 22.5 × 14.8 cm (8 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-233

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