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Drawing, Rookwood Pottery

This is a Drawing. It was created by George Gibson. It is dated 1886 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and black and brown watercolor, grey gouache, graphite on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by E. Maurice Bloch. It is credited Gift of E. Maurice Bloch.

Its dimensions are

53.6 × 36.6 cm (21 1/8 × 14 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in ink, center left (in corner below top row): G. Gibson

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rookwood Pottery; George Gibson (American, b. England, 1820–1896); pen and ink, brush and black and brown watercolor, grey gouache, graphite on illustration board; 53.6 × 36.6 cm (21 1/8 × 14 7/16 in.); Gift of E. Maurice Bloch; 1950-56-2

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