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Drawing, Design for a door

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1750 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and chinese watercolor, graphite 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

31.2 × 16.7 cm (12 5/16 × 6 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Right bottom corner: indistinct mark of E. Rodrigues, Lugt 897.

It is inscribed

"Couleur" written with pencil, center, right edge.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a door; France; pen and ink, brush and chinese watercolor, graphite on paper; 31.2 × 16.7 cm (12 5/16 × 6 9/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-124

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