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Drawing, Sailing Ships Near a Cape

This is a Drawing. It was created by Lodewijk Gilles Haccou. It is dated 1810–1825 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and watercolor on 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

14.5 × 19.1 cm (5 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark

It is signed

Signed, on a sail: L G Haccon f

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sailing Ships Near a Cape; Lodewijk Gilles Haccou (Dutch, 1792 - 1830); Netherlands; brush and watercolor on paper; 14.5 × 19.1 cm (5 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-235

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