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1942

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Robert Lenox Seated at a Desk, Study for the Chamber of Commerce Portrait

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated 1865 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

26.5 × 18.2 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: for port / of Robt Lenox - / Chamber of Commerce

Cite this object as

Drawing, Robert Lenox Seated at a Desk, Study for the Chamber of Commerce Portrait; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite on paper; 26.5 × 18.2 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-786

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