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1923

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2015

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Drawing, Bird with Tulip, Carnation, Butterflies, and Insect

This is a Drawing. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1923. Its medium is pen and ink, traces of graphite on coated wove 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.

  • Vase (France)
  • glass.
  • Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre.
  • 1996-45-6

Its dimensions are

19.7 x 26.2 cm (7 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink at lower right : Museum for the Arts of Decoration/ Cooper Union (Lugt 457d)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bird with Tulip, Carnation, Butterflies, and Insect; possibly England; pen and ink, traces of graphite on coated wove paper; 19.7 x 26.2 cm (7 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1923-22-25

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