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Drawing, Design for an Earring

This is a Drawing. It is dated early 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper. 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.

Its dimensions are

8.8 × 6.5 cm (3 7/16 × 2 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Part of watermarks: a wing (?) and a crown (?)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Earring; Italy; pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper; 8.8 × 6.5 cm (3 7/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-762

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