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Drawing, Design for an Earring

This is a Drawing. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green 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

11 × 6.9 cm (4 5/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, verso: lendo fare il preste disegno di diamanti / ci vuole circa 450 / circa 2500

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Earring; Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper; 11 × 6.9 cm (4 5/16 × 2 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-840

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