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Drawing, Cavaliers in Idle Conversation

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jehan Georges Vibert. It is dated ca. 1880 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray wash on rag board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Anonymous. It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.

Its dimensions are

19.5 × 11.7 cm (7 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in ink, lower right corner: "J. G. Vibert."

It is inscribed

On the verso, in the artist's hand, the letter "C" in ink.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cavaliers in Idle Conversation; Jehan Georges Vibert; France; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on rag board; 19.5 × 11.7 cm (7 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1957-61-8

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