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Drawing, Irish Immigrant's Flax-Wheel, 1885

This is a Drawing. It was created by W. J. Fenn. It is dated 1885 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is pen and ink on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

34.4 × 23.9 cm (13 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed with initials in pen and ink, near front leg: "WJF."

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, below: "1 1/2 inches"; lower left corner: "7408-C / Nov 17 / proof" [?]; in pen, upper left: "a3127"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Irish Immigrant's Flax-Wheel, 1885; W. J. Fenn (American, 1862–1961); pen and ink on illustration board; 34.4 × 23.9 cm (13 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.); 1950-102-8

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