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Drawing, Design for the Decoration of a Lunette

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780-1800 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, brush and watercolor, oxydized white heightening 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

25.4 × 10 cm (10 in. × 3 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Peoli mark

It is signed

Signature "Bouchot" is written in ink in the lower left corner.

It is inscribed

Verso: "N 10" written in pencil.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Decoration of a Lunette; France; black chalk, brush and watercolor, oxydized white heightening on paper; 25.4 × 10 cm (10 in. × 3 15/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-198

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