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Drawing, Miss Violet Carmine, Initial I

This is a Drawing. It was created by Edward Windsor Kemble. It is dated 1885 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is pen and black ink 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

30 × 22.9 cm (11 13/16 × 9 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower right: "Kemble"

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, upper left: "Initial I." and "A517"; label in upper left with number "1077"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Miss Violet Carmine, Initial I; Edward Windsor Kemble (American, 1861–1933); pen and black ink on illustration board; 30 × 22.9 cm (11 13/16 × 9 in.); Gift of E. Maurice Bloch; 1950-56-3

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