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Drawing, Design for a Panel

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1908. Its medium is pen, ink with water color on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

34.5 × 17.5 cm (13 9/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Fragments of watermark: /NO//FE/ and /[heart] L/ (?), respectively.

It is inscribed

Account, written with pencil, beginning: "Bois 24," ending "moellons 20."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Panel; France; pen, ink with water color on paper; 34.5 × 17.5 cm (13 9/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1908-26-143

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