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Print, Woodcut (facsimile): An embroiderer at work

This is a Print. It is dated 1550–1600 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is black ink printed on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper. It is credited Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.

Its dimensions are

13.8 x 8.7 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Pritned in black ink, lower half of page: eight-line verse, in German, relating to embroiderer's trade.

Cite this object as

Print, Woodcut (facsimile): An embroiderer at work; France; black ink printed on white paper; 13.8 x 8.7 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.), irregular; Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper; 1957-166-208

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