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1938

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Drawing, Costume Illustration

This is a Drawing. It was created by Pierre Numa Bassaget. It is dated ca. 1835 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, pen and sepia wash 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

21.5 × 15 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Collector's mark: on verso, Peoli mark (Lugt 2020).

It is inscribed

Inscribed, below: [four lines of costumes and coiffure details]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Illustration; Pierre Numa Bassaget (French); France; graphite, pen and sepia wash on paper; 21.5 × 15 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-814

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