Etching. Figural letter. Capital S.
Shown against the prow of a Roman warship.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
c. 1770
Etching
1938-88-8508
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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