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This and 17 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Designs for Souvenir Fans for the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle.

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1976

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Drawing, Designs for Souvenir Fans for the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1866–67 and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is transparent and opaque watercolor, white gouache, graphite indicating fan shape on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by M. Roy Fisher. It is credited Gift of M. Roy Fisher.

Its dimensions are

11 x 32.2 cm (4 5/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Upper left, graphite: No 2 Lower left, graphite: No 29 Upper right, graphite: 265

Cite this object as

Drawing, Designs for Souvenir Fans for the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle; France; transparent and opaque watercolor, white gouache, graphite indicating fan shape on white wove paper; 11 x 32.2 cm (4 5/16 x 12 11/16 in.); Gift of M. Roy Fisher; 1976-105-2

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