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Drawing, Project for Illustration: Hazelnuts from Nature

This is a Drawing. It was created by Samuel Colman. It is dated ca. 1881 and we acquired it in 1939. Its medium is pen and black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Samuel Colman. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Samuel Colman.

Its dimensions are

11.3 × 12.1 cm (4 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.) Mount: 23.9 × 17.1 cm (9 7/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower left: "Hazelnuts, from Nature. / Law of blank spaces / Plate 12. Page 22."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for Illustration: Hazelnuts from Nature; Samuel Colman (American, 1832 - 1920); USA; pen and black ink on paper; 11.3 × 12.1 cm (4 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.) Mount: 23.9 × 17.1 cm (9 7/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. Samuel Colman; 1939-85-80-b

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