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Drawing, Governor Lounsbury House, Main Street, Ridgefield, Conn.

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederick Dielman. It is dated April 21, 1887 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

19.3 × 20.2 cm (7 5/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark (backed)

It is inscribed

Inscribed with date in graphite, lower left: April 21 / 1887; inscribed in pen and black ink, below (in handwriting of artist's wife): I think house was on way / from New Canaan to Ridgefield Conn.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Governor Lounsbury House, Main Street, Ridgefield, Conn.; Frederick Dielman; USA; graphite on paper; 19.3 × 20.2 cm (7 5/8 × 7 15/16 in.); 1954-45-1

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