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Drawing, Variations of design for surtout de table (in two parts), ca. 1770–75

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Unknown. It is dated ca. 1770–75 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is pen and black ink, gray wash on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Griffith Bailey Coale.

Its dimensions are

11.8 X 37 cm (4 5/8 X 14 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: "I. Honig."

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brown ink with letters beneath image: "A, B, C, F, H, I, D, E."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Variations of design for surtout de table (in two parts), ca. 1770–75; Designed by Unknown; france; pen and black ink, gray wash on laid paper; 11.8 X 37 cm (4 5/8 X 14 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Griffith Bailey Coale; 1992-35-1-a

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