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1911

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Drawing, Design for a Salon Entrance

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1790-1800 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and yellow, rose water color, 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

29.8 × 72.2 cm (11 3/4 × 28 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Water marks: crown at left; IV at right

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Salon Entrance; France; pen and ink, brush and yellow, rose water color, graphite on paper; 29.8 × 72.2 cm (11 3/4 × 28 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-135

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