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Drawing, Unfinished design for a Waistcoat

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780-1790 and we acquired it in 1906. Its medium is pencil and various gouaches on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Jacob H. Schiff. It is credited Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.

Its dimensions are

Left/bottom edges: 15 × 25.7 cm (5 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.) Right/top edges: 14 × 31.5 cm (5 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: A [star] F

It is inscribed

Written with ink top right: "309." Reverse written with ink: "D.M. no. 8"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Unfinished design for a Waistcoat; France; pencil and various gouaches on paper; Left/bottom edges: 15 × 25.7 cm (5 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.) Right/top edges: 14 × 31.5 cm (5 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.); Gift of Jacob H. Schiff; 1906-21-187

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