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Drawing, The Burial of Joshua

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1650 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black crayon, white heightening on brown 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

14 × 19.4 cm (5 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Written, top center: "pome funebre de Josue."

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Burial of Joshua; France; black crayon, white heightening on brown paper; 14 × 19.4 cm (5 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-104

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