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1991

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Drawing, "Balustrades des Orchestres de la barriere du Trone"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Félix-Jacques Duban. It is dated 1833 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is watercolor, brush and black ink, wash, graphic support: off-white laid paper mounted on off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, gift of Phyllis Dearborn Massar and from General Purchase Fund.

Its dimensions are

12.2 x 9.2 cm (4 13/16 x 3 5/8 in.) 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed by a later hand in graphite at upper center: balustrades des Orchestres de la barri re/du Tr ne; on mount at upper margin: F tes de Juillet 1833; on mount at lower margin: balustrades des Orchestres du grandcarr /aux champs-elys es (1833).

Cite this object as

Drawing, "Balustrades des Orchestres de la barriere du Trone"; Félix-Jacques Duban (French, 1798 - 1870); France; watercolor, brush and black ink, wash, graphic support: off-white laid paper mounted on off-white paper; 12.2 x 9.2 cm (4 13/16 x 3 5/8 in.) 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, gift of Phyllis Dearborn Massar and from General Purchase Fund; 1991-17-2

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