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1943

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Album Page, Architectural Details, Basel

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated September 27, 1887 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. William Greenough. It is credited Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.

Its dimensions are

31.2 x 23.7 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, clockwise from top right corner: (inscribed in circle) 58 / 70; dormer; fountain spout; Basel / Sept 27th 1887; Dormer with gutter / around it and small gargoyle in middle / of front; gargoyle; curious windows; top of door; The ends of scrolls here/ are curls.

Cite this object as

Album Page, Architectural Details, Basel; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); Switzerland; brush and watercolor, graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric; 31.2 x 23.7 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-138

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