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1943

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Album Page, Cloister of Saint Lorenzo, Florence

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated November 13, 1887 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is graphite on thick cream wove paper 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

30.6 x 23.6 cm (12 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, top right corner: (inscribed in circle) 85 / 98. Clockwise from top left corner: cap; elevation; Cloister San Lorenzo / Florence November 13th 1887; The capitals although all / Ionic are different in / detail. / This is the cloister in / which the cats are kept / and fed - The view fom / the 2nd story is very / beautiful; 1st story; section; 2nd story.

Cite this object as

Album Page, Cloister of Saint Lorenzo, Florence; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); Italy; graphite on thick cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric; 30.6 x 23.6 cm (12 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-155

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