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Drawing, Thimbleberry

This is a Drawing. It was created by Elizabeth C. Field. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is pencil and watercolor on paper (mounted). It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Nathan Chaikin.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 25.7 × 17.8 cm (10 1/8 in. × 7 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed (in ink), lower left: "Thimbleberry known as / Wild Raspberry." Inscribed below (on mount, in ink) in the hand of Alice Donlevy: "Painted from nature by Elizabeth C. Field who managed for years the School of Design for Women until it was adopted by the Cooper Institute."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Thimbleberry; Elizabeth C. Field; pencil and watercolor on paper (mounted); H x W: 25.7 × 17.8 cm (10 1/8 in. × 7 in.); 1962-94-58

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