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Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Unknown. It is dated ca. 1775. Its medium is pen and black ink; brush and red, green yellow and gray watercolor over graphite on heavy, textured cream laid paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Charles B. Alexander. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander.

Its dimensions are

24.8 x 41.1 cm (9 3/4 x 16 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark similar to Churchill 434 at right Cooper Union Museum stamp: Museum for the Arts of Decoration [Lugt 457c]

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Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair; Designed by Unknown (English); England; pen and black ink; brush and red, green yellow and gray watercolor over graphite on heavy, textured cream laid paperboard; 24.8 x 41.1 cm (9 3/4 x 16 3/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander; 1900-1-6

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