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Drawing, Deisgn for a Diadem

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1825–50 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and yellow, gray, light brown watercolor, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

15.3 × 21.1 cm (6 in. × 8 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Parts of watermark: a monogram composed of LT (?) A

Cite this object as

Drawing, Deisgn for a Diadem; Italy; pen and ink, brush and yellow, gray, light brown watercolor, graphite on paper; 15.3 × 21.1 cm (6 in. × 8 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-749

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