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Drawing, Pair of Scissors with Sphinx-shaped Handles

This is a Drawing. It is dated probably 17th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 13 x 7.8 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

glove watermark

It is inscribed

Verso: Inscribed in graphite across sheet: P 12- / Leave paper / Middle row. / right; and again at lower left: Wf hand / Impero

Cite this object as

Drawing, Pair of Scissors with Sphinx-shaped Handles; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper; Sheet: 13 x 7.8 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5451

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