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Drawing, Design for the letters V and X of a Pictoral Alphabet: Victoire/Xystus (Victory in the Xystus)
This is a Drawing. It was created by Victor Vincent Adam. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, with white heightening on cream 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
12 × 7.6 cm (4 3/4 in. × 3 in.)
It is inscribed
Caption below: "Victoire Cournnent le/Xystique vainquer."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for the letters V and X of a Pictoral Alphabet: Victoire/Xystus (Victory in the Xystus); Victor Vincent Adam (1801–1866); France; graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, with white heightening on cream paper; 12 × 7.6 cm (4 3/4 in. × 3 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-796