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Drawing, Design for Candy Box Cover

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1880 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brush and watercolor on cardboard. 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

19.6 x 14.6 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Reverse: The J. Peoli mark. "Q (?) J R" is written in ink.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Candy Box Cover; France; brush and watercolor on cardboard; 19.6 x 14.6 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-271

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