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Drawing, Design for a Wall Mural

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and wash, pen and black ink on 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

27 x 18.2 cm (10 5/8 x 7 3/16 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: Scala di num. °5 Palmi Napoletani.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Wall Mural; Italy; brush and wash, pen and black ink on paper; 27 x 18.2 cm (10 5/8 x 7 3/16 in.), irregular; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-6845

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