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Drawing, A Lady's Head, from Scribner's "Eighty Drawings including the Weaker Sex", ca. 1897

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Charles Dana Gibson. It is dated ca. 1897 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and black ink on glossy white board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

22.1 × 17.8 cm (8 11/16 in. × 7 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower right: R. Ponton; lower left: C. D. Gibson

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Lady's Head, from Scribner's "Eighty Drawings including the Weaker Sex", ca. 1897; Designed by Charles Dana Gibson (1867 – 1944); USA; pen and black ink on glossy white board; 22.1 × 17.8 cm (8 11/16 in. × 7 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-262

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