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1938

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Drawing, Costume Illustration

This is a Drawing. It was created by Pierre Numa Bassaget. It is dated ca. 1835 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown and black wash on bristol board. 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

16.6 × 14.2 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Collector's mark: on verso, Peoli mark (Lugt 2020)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Illustration; Pierre Numa Bassaget (French); France; pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown and black wash on bristol board; 16.6 × 14.2 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-813

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