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1938

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Drawing, Albert Gallatin Seated, Study of Right Hand

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington and sitter: Abraham Gallatin, Albert Gallatin and Alfonse Gallatin. It is dated 1899 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, white chalk on blue-grey wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

29.8 x 22.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: for the Albert Gallatin

Cite this object as

Drawing, Albert Gallatin Seated, Study of Right Hand; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); Sitter: Albert Gallatin, Abraham Gallatin, Alfonse Gallatin; USA; graphite, white chalk on blue-grey wove paper; 29.8 x 22.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1029

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