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Drawing, Design for Four Bow Knots

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1825–50 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

  • Drawing, Design for a Brooch
  • pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper.
  • Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
  • 1938-88-864

Its dimensions are

19.5 x 20.5 cm (7 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Four Bow Knots; Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper; 19.5 x 20.5 cm (7 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5384

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