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Signpainter's model sheet for lettering

about 1895
Medium/TechniqueGouache and graphite
DimensionsSheet: 20 × 23.8 cm (7 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
Image: 8.9 × 10.3 cm (3 1/2 × 4 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Clifford S. Ackley in honor of Benjamin Weiss
Accession number2018.44
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsOn upper recto in graphite: "acceple" and signature (A. Bachiles?) and dimensions for length and width of image
ProvenanceAbout 1998, purchased at Boston Book Fair by Clifford S. Ackley, Boston; 2018, gift of Clifford S. Ackley to the MFA. (Accession date: February 21, 2018)