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Tail-Peice - The History of the Book

A work made of charcoal, with black ink, heightened with touches of white gouache, on cream wood-pulp laminate board (discolored to tan).
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  • A work made of charcoal, with black ink, heightened with touches of white gouache, on cream wood-pulp laminate board (discolored to tan).

Date:

c. 1888

Artist:

Will Hicock Low
American, 1853-1932

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Will Hicock Low

Title

Tail-Peice - The History of the Book

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

Date

1883–1893

Medium

Charcoal, with black ink, heightened with touches of white gouache, on cream wood-pulp laminate board (discolored to tan)

Dimensions

22.6 × 35.9 cm (8 15/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Hammond Stickney

Reference Number

1902.209

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