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Drawing, Project for a Mantelpiece

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 29.3 × 20.6 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

In ink, the scale, its figures and: G 2nd In pencil, above: 14

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a Mantelpiece; Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; H x W: 29.3 × 20.6 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-734

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