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Drawing, Hercules Slaying the Hydra

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1750–1800 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and brown watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

13 × 9.1 cm (5 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

On verso in ink: 681

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hercules Slaying the Hydra; Italy; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and brown watercolor on paper; 13 × 9.1 cm (5 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-94

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