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Print, The Battery

This is a Print. It is dated 1889 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is etching in brown ink on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson. It is credited Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 17.5 × 25 cm (6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.) Sheet: 26.4 × 32.4 cm (10 3/8 × 12 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: MIELATZ . '89; signed in graphite, lower center: Mielatz / Imp.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Battery"; in pen and black ink within blue rectangle, lower right: No 20

Cite this object as

Print, The Battery; USA; etching in brown ink on wove paper; Plate: 17.5 × 25 cm (6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.) Sheet: 26.4 × 32.4 cm (10 3/8 × 12 3/4 in.); Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson; 1941-31-1

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