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Drawing, Design for a Waistcoat

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780-1790 and we acquired it in 1906. Its medium is pencil, pen, ink, and various gouaches on paper, pricked. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Jacob H. Schiff. It is credited Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.

Its dimensions are

26.6 × 42.5 cm (10 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Written with ink top right: "P357."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Waistcoat; France; pencil, pen, ink, and various gouaches on paper, pricked; 26.6 × 42.5 cm (10 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.); Gift of Jacob H. Schiff; 1906-21-190

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