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Drawing, A Child Leaning Upon the Edge of a Quadrant

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1798 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mary A. Peoli.

Its dimensions are

17 × 13.3 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: [somewhat less than the upper half of watermark: similar to Churchill 213 above]; on verso: mark of the Peoli Collection.

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Child Leaning Upon the Edge of a Quadrant; Italy; pen and ink on paper; 17 × 13.3 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/4 in.); 1931-72-1

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