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Drawing, The Adoration of the Shepherds

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1720–50 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and brown and grey wash on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne.

Its dimensions are

27.4 × 20.6 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Adoration of the Shepherds; Italy; pen and black ink, brush and brown and grey wash on cream laid paper; 27.4 × 20.6 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne; 1948-118-34

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