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1976

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Album, Designs for Souvenir Fans for the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle

This is a Album. It is dated 1866–67 and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is transparent watercolor and white gouache, graphite indicating fan shape on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by M. Roy Fisher. It is credited Gift of M. Roy Fisher.

Its dimensions are

11.4 x 32 cm (4 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Upper left, pen and black ink: Eous 1866; in graphite: No 1 Lower left, in graphite: No 28 Upper right, in graphite: 534

Cite this object as

Album, Designs for Souvenir Fans for the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle; transparent watercolor and white gouache, graphite indicating fan shape on white wove paper; 11.4 x 32 cm (4 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.); Gift of M. Roy Fisher; 1976-105-1/18

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