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Literary Illustration: Gentleman and Kneeling Gardener

by Jacob Wilhelm Mechau

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Artist: Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (German, 1745-1808) / or Johann Friedrich Mechau (German, 1776-1854)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on card, laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 9.2 × 5.6 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: pen and ink drawings
Place: Germany
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1993.248.1837

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