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1943

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Album Page, Ceiling of Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceaux

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated June 17, 1888 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white 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

31.8 x 24.7 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, upper right corner: (perpendicular to drawing) 52; bottom right corner (perpendicular to drawing): 45; to left of drawing (written on ruled lines): There were four panels / decorated like this one / in center; below drawing: this must be / about 0.70 in checking moulding; to right of drawing: section of rib / ceiling of Chenonceaux / no scale - June 17th 1888.

Cite this object as

Album Page, Ceiling of Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceaux; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); France; brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric; 31.8 x 24.7 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-218

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