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Print, Title Page of the Second Volume of Gessner's Collected Literary Works

This is a Print. It was print maker: Salomon Gessner. It is dated 1778 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

18.1 × 13.5 cm (7 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Fragment of a Stasburg lily

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page of the Second Volume of Gessner's Collected Literary Works; Print Maker: Salomon Gessner (Swiss, 1730 - 1788); Switzerland; etching on paper; 18.1 × 13.5 cm (7 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-302

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