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Calligraphy

(American, 19th century)
1825
Medium/TechniquePen and ink
Dimensions51.8 x 40.5cm (20 3/8 x 15 15/16in.)
Credit LineGift of Arthur A. Shurcliff
Accession number54.15
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsThe / Nation's Guest. / IN COMMEMORATION / of the MAGNANIMOUS AND ILLUSTRIOUS / LAFAYETTE'S / VISIT / TO THE / United States of North America / in the Forty Ninth YEAR of Her Independence.
ProvenanceArthur A. Shurcliff, Boston, MA; gift to MFA, January 14, 1954.
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