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Drawing, Cresting of a canopy (V: figure sketches)

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1750–75 and we acquired it in 1938. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

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Drawing, Cresting of a canopy (V: figure sketches); France & Italy; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3157

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