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1904

  • Work on this object began.

1914

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, "Roger Williams Makes a Settlement"

This is a Drawing. It was published by Charles Scribners’ Sons and illustrated by Homer Wayland Colby. It is dated ca. 1909 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is pen and black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

26.5 × 30.9 cm (10 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: COLBY

Cite this object as

Drawing, "Roger Williams Makes a Settlement"; Published by Charles Scribner's Sons; Illustrated by Homer Wayland Colby (American, 1874–1950); pen and black ink on paper; 26.5 × 30.9 cm (10 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.); 1963-91-6

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