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Design for a Violin Head

(American, 1807–1868)
undated
Medium/TechniqueGraphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 17 x 16.3 cm (6 11/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Diana W. Clymer, Paul C. Walker and Todd M. Walker in memory of Grace Mickens Walker
Accession number2012.9951
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsAt top: Design for a Violin head
ProvenanceBy about 1945, Louise Ockers, Smithtown, Long Island, New York. Grace M. and Robert J. Walker; March 20, 2010, by descent to their daughter, Diana W. Clymer, Concord, MA, and their sons Paul C. Walker, Newton Lower Falls, MA and Todd M. Walker, Wells, VT; 2012, year-end gift of the Walker siblings to the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 2014)
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