Design for a Frontispiece

Josiah Boydell British

ca. 1793

Not on view

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Title: Design for a Frontispiece
Artist: Josiah Boydell (British, Hawarden, Flintshire 1752–1817 Middlesex)
Date: ca. 1793
Medium: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, brush and wash, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (22.2 x 26.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
Object Number: 61.622.43
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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