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Drawing, Project for a candelabrum

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1791 and we acquired it in 1908. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash, on paper.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

29 x 17.3 cm (11 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

On bottom margin: "Fair par Maillard" and "annee 1791"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a candelabrum; France; pen and ink, brush and wash, on paper.; 29 x 17.3 cm (11 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1908-26-144

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