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Print, Instructions for Holding the Pen for Italic Script, incunabulum page

This is a Print. It was created by David Roelands. It is dated ca. 1616 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is pen and black ink over graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William J. Donald. It is credited Gift of William J. Donald.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 21.6 x 32.4 cm (8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Instructions for Holding the Pen for Italic Script, incunabulum page; David Roelands (Dutch, b. 1572); England; pen and black ink over graphite on white laid paper; Sheet: 21.6 x 32.4 cm (8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.); Gift of William J. Donald; 1954-18-26

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