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Drawing, Design for Berlin Wool Work

This is a Drawing. It was created by Nathaniel Currier and published by Nathaniel Currier. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by John Marshall Philipps.

Its dimensions are

5.7 x 18.8 cm (2 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper left, partial inscription: [...]vernor of Pennsylvania. W. [?]. Johurton [?] / LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU ST. COR. OF SPRUCE N.Y.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Berlin Wool Work; Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813–88); Germany; brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper; 5.7 x 18.8 cm (2 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.); 1947-78-3

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