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Drawing, Elevation of Altar Screen

This is a Drawing. It was created by François Boucher. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray and black 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

36 × 23 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: DXC BLAUW

It is inscribed

In graphite, on verso: [a caption in French]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Elevation of Altar Screen; François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); France; pen and ink, brush and gray and black wash on paper; 36 × 23 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-931

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