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Drawing, Design for Wallpaper or Textile

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1820–1850 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is graphite, blotted crayon, brush and purple watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

54.6 × 56.2 cm (21 1/2 × 22 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

On verso, in ink: presentation note

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Wallpaper or Textile; graphite, blotted crayon, brush and purple watercolor on paper; 54.6 × 56.2 cm (21 1/2 × 22 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-13-122

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