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Drawing, Design for a Confident

This is a Drawing. It was created by Richard de Lalonde. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

15.9 x 28.1cm (6 1/4 x 11 1/16in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, above: Élevation d'un Confident Sculpetué et garnie / avecque Son Caute Lateral tous pret à Meublie,; lower right space: Le Confident est un / meuble de parate; right: 42 pouce de hauteur

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Confident; Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780–96); France; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on white laid paper; 15.9 x 28.1cm (6 1/4 x 11 1/16in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-176

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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