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1938

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Drawing, Portrait of a Young Man

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar. It is dated ca. 1795 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite on blue-gray wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

Overall: 15.8 x 13.1 cm (6 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Lower right in pen and ink: Wicar

It is inscribed

Lower right in pen and ink: Wicar

Cite this object as

Drawing, Portrait of a Young Man; Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar (French, 1762 – 1834); France; graphite on blue-gray wove paper; Overall: 15.8 x 13.1 cm (6 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-7045

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