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Drawing, Design for the Upper Part of the Carved Decoration of a Wall Panel

This is a Drawing. It was workshop of Johann August Nahl the Elder. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brush and gray watercolor, pen and chinese black ink 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.

It has the following markings

Watermark: Bunch of grapes; "MANUFACTURE."

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Drawing, Design for the Upper Part of the Carved Decoration of a Wall Panel; Workshop of Johann August Nahl the Elder (1710 - 1781); Germany; brush and gray watercolor, pen and chinese black ink on paper; Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-291

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