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Stylus of a Machine Used for Engraving Bank notes

Attributed to Cyrus Durand

Credit: Gift of Joseph Veach Noble, 2002

19th century
Graphite on thin cardboard
9.3 x 16.4cm
2002.333.65
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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