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Maker(s):Kingsbury, Eleazar
Culture:American (1788-1873)
Title:calligraphic drawing
Date Made:1803
Type:Drawing
Materials:paper, ink, watercolors, wood, glass
Place Made:United States; Connecticut; Coventry
Measurements:Frame: 9 7/8 x 14 3/8 x 1 1/4 in; 25.1 x 36.5 x 3.2 cm; Sheet: 7 1/2 x 11 3/4 in; 19 x 29.8 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.1328
Credit Line:Gift of John Kenneth Byard
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Calligraphic drawing on paper in four different types of print in black ink: "BY WASHINGTON / great deeds were done / THOMAS / Jefferson. president / of the United States of America." and three different compass shapes which have been enhanced with watercolors. The back is inscribed in ink: "Written by Eleazar Kingsbury Coventry March 7th, 1803, aged 14 years." There are also faint pencil markings: "14" and "4." This is a rare example of school boy art.

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