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1916

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Drawing, Heading, Border, and Tailpiece for "Battledore and Shuttlecock", 1916

This is a Drawing. It was created by Franklin Booth and published by Charles Scribners’ Sons. It is dated 1916 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is pen and black ink, with white gouache corrections, on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

47.9 × 35.3 cm (18 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in Heading, upper left: "Franklin Booth"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Heading, Border, and Tailpiece for "Battledore and Shuttlecock", 1916; Franklin Booth (American, 1874–1948); Published by Charles Scribner's Sons; USA; pen and black ink, with white gouache corrections, on paper; 47.9 × 35.3 cm (18 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.); 1953-48-39

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