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Drawing, Young girl getting water at a spring

This is a Drawing. It was created by Thomas Sully. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brush and oil paint on paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

33.3 × 26.5 cm (13 1/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Young girl getting water at a spring; Thomas Sully (1783 – 1872); USA; brush and oil paint on paperboard; 33.3 × 26.5 cm (13 1/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-80-100

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