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Drawing, Fifth Day's Work

This is a Drawing. It was created by Johann Melchior Füssli and written by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer. It is dated before 1731 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink, black chalk on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Julia Siemon. It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

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Drawing, Fifth Day's Work; Johann Melchior Füssli (Swiss, 1677–1736); Written by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (Swiss, 1672–1733); Switzerland; brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink, black chalk on cream laid paper; Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-110-15

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