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Drawing, Design for a Title Page

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1760-1770 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

20.4 × 25 cm (8 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: D&C Blauw (similar Heawood 1828)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Title Page; France; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper; 20.4 × 25 cm (8 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-513

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