19th century
15 x 12.9 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.207
Black crayon and graphite, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: squared in graphite
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