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Drawing, President Chester Alan Arthur Standing

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington and sitter: Chester A. Arthur. It is dated 1884 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite on light brown wove paper verso: graphite and white chalk. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

35.4 x 25.5 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso: Bp. Lyman / June 86

Cite this object as

Drawing, President Chester Alan Arthur Standing; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); Sitter: Chester A. Arthur (1830 – 1886); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper verso: graphite and white chalk; 35.4 x 25.5 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.) ; Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1057

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