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Drawing, Design for a title page or frontispiece dedicated to the Empress Maria Theresa

This is a Drawing. It was created by John Gottfried Eichler The Younger. It is dated ca. 1742 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and ink wash. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

62.5 x 45.5 cm (24 5/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

It is signed

G. Eichler jun. delin. Signed and dated 1742.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a title page or frontispiece dedicated to the Empress Maria Theresa; John Gottfried Eichler The Younger; pen and black ink, brush and ink wash; 62.5 x 45.5 cm (24 5/8 x 17 15/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-136

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