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1924

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2015

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Print, Design for Headpiece

This is a Print. It is dated 1700–1725 and we acquired it in 1924. Its medium is engraving, with some etching support: cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

7.7 x 16.2 cm (3 1/16 x 6 3/8 in.) 3 x 6 3/4 inches Platemark/repeat: 5.2 x 14.8 cm (2 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Upper corner, right: I; below, center: Traitte

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Headpiece; France; engraving, with some etching support: cream wove paper; 7.7 x 16.2 cm (3 1/16 x 6 3/8 in.) 3 x 6 3/4 inches Platemark/repeat: 5.2 x 14.8 cm (2 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1924-15-106

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