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1961

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Greeting Card, Friendship Greeting, Carnation

This is a Greeting card. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is graphite, brush and watercolor, brush and oil paint on cardboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Hamill & Barker. It is credited Gift of Hamill and Barker.

Its dimensions are

15.2 × 11.4 cm (6 in. × 4 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed at top left: Carnation

Cite this object as

Greeting Card, Friendship Greeting, Carnation; graphite, brush and watercolor, brush and oil paint on cardboard; 15.2 × 11.4 cm (6 in. × 4 1/2 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-61-a

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