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1957

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Drawing, Design for a Block-printed Cotton Handkerchief, ca. 1801

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1801 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is gouache. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.

Its dimensions are

67.2 x 48.3 cm (26 7/16 x 19 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink lower left corner: LD 421.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Block-printed Cotton Handkerchief, ca. 1801; Switzerland; gouache; 67.2 x 48.3 cm (26 7/16 x 19 in.); Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund; 1957-46-3

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