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1938

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Drawing, Design for a Chimneypiece, with an Elaborate Overmantel

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1750–1775 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and 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

14.1 × 14.1 cm (5 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: vase in circle

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Chimneypiece, with an Elaborate Overmantel; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 14.1 × 14.1 cm (5 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8226

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