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Drawing, Dunraven, The Desperate: He Can't Reach Her With His Mud, Any More Than He Could With His Yacht, Illustration for Puck's Magazine (XXXVIII, No. 977, November 27, 1895, p. 231)

This is a Drawing. It is dated November 27, 1895 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is pen and black ink, graphite on cream illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

35.5 × 34.2 cm (14 × 13 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower left: Ehrhart

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: After Dunraven's unsuccessful attempt to win the Americas cup Valkyrie III Royal Yacht Club vrs. Defender New York Yacht Club - 1895; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: - Puck - Nov. 27, 1895 -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Dunraven, The Desperate: He Can't Reach Her With His Mud, Any More Than He Could With His Yacht, Illustration for Puck's Magazine (XXXVIII, No. 977, November 27, 1895, p. 231); USA; pen and black ink, graphite on cream illustration board; 35.5 × 34.2 cm (14 × 13 7/16 in.); 1960-40-1

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