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Drawing, Design for the Hilt of a Hunting Sword

This is a Drawing. It was style of Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. We acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and black wash, gray-blue watercolor on paper, laid down. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council.

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Drawing, Design for the Hilt of a Hunting Sword; Style of Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); France; pen and black ink, brush and black wash, gray-blue watercolor on paper, laid down; 1911-28-504

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.

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