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1903

  • Work on this object ended.

1943

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Design for a Book Cover and Book Binding

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alice Cordelia Morse. It is dated ca. 1887–1903 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is brush and gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Sheet (cover design): 20.7 x 16 cm (8 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.) Sheet (spine design): 21 x 3.8 cm (8 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Book Cover and Book Binding; Designed by Alice Cordelia Morse (American, 1863–1961); USA; brush and gouache on paper; Sheet (cover design): 20.7 x 16 cm (8 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.) Sheet (spine design): 21 x 3.8 cm (8 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.); 1943-33-1-34

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