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Drawing, Design for a Candlestick

This is a Drawing. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, watercolor, graphite on 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

38.5 × 20 cm (15 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Candlestick; Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, watercolor, graphite on paper; 38.5 × 20 cm (15 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-606

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