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1905

  • Work on this object ended.

1951

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, ca. 1900

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1900 and we acquired it in 1951. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. A. W. Erickson. It is credited Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson.

Its dimensions are

19 × 8 cm (7 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: ROBINSON CRUSOE.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, ca. 1900; USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper; 19 × 8 cm (7 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson; 1951-171-3-b

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