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Drawing, Design for a clock, 1800–1825
This is a Drawing. It was made for Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai. It is dated 1800–1825 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and yellow, red watercolor, graphite, on cream laid 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
32.8 x 45.5 cm (12 15/16 x 17 15/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
It has the following markings
Fortuna over CV, (partial watermark); at lower right: Cooper Union stamp #457D
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: Paphos/18/060 [---] alid/nuod env/Enif
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a clock, 1800–1825; Made for Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai; Belgium; pen and black ink, brush and yellow, red watercolor, graphite, on cream laid paper ; 32.8 x 45.5 cm (12 15/16 x 17 15/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-71-6
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
