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Print, Book-Plate of the New York Society Library

This is a Print. It was print maker: Peter Rushton Maverick. It is dated 1789 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.

Its dimensions are

13.9 × 9.8 cm (5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed right bottom corner: "Maverick sct. Crown street".

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, upper left: "No 743"

Cite this object as

Print, Book-Plate of the New York Society Library; Print Maker: Peter Rushton Maverick (American, 1755 - 1811); engraving on paper; 13.9 × 9.8 cm (5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane; 1944-83-12

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