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A specimen of black chalk

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 12, 1796

Primary Source Reference:

Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 12 Jan 1796

Additional Source Text:

"found near Nazareth, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It appears to be of the quality of that commonly known amongst artists by the name of French chalk. This expensive article to drawing schools, may there be obtained in such abundance, as would supercede the necessity of any importation of such from Europe."