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1959

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Drawing, Comic Silhouette

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1834 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

6.9 × 12.2 cm (2 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.) Mount: 9 × 13.9 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: E.D.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, lower left: Un ami de Gabriel Falempin. 1834

Cite this object as

Drawing, Comic Silhouette; France; pen and ink on paper; 6.9 × 12.2 cm (2 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.) Mount: 9 × 13.9 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-216

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