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Drawing, Wall Decoration with Mili

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1775–1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, over graphite, ruled border in pen and brown support: off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

38.2 x 27.2 cm (15 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.) image: 33.3 x 22.5 Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: lower part of IV (RB '45)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Wall Decoration with Mili; Italy; pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, over graphite, ruled border in pen and brown support: off-white laid paper; 38.2 x 27.2 cm (15 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.) image: 33.3 x 22.5 Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4017

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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