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Drawing, Design for Textile Border with Flowers and Deer, 1873

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1873 and we acquired it in 2003. Its medium is gouache on off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Elinor Merrell. It is credited Bequest of Elinor Merrell.

Its dimensions are

31.4 x 42.5 cm (12 3/8 x 16 3/4 in. )

It is inscribed

Inscribed on recto in brush and yellow and off-white gouache, upper left: B9 1873; on verso, upper right: #J 129

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Textile Border with Flowers and Deer, 1873; gouache on off-white paper; 31.4 x 42.5 cm (12 3/8 x 16 3/4 in. ); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-396

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