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Drawing, Plan for a Formal Garden

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1785 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and watercolor 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

30.5 × 17.6 cm (12 in. × 6 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: S. Ley (Heawood 1857)

It is inscribed

Lower plan inscribed: "Bordure en Bouis" (twice); "Plate Bande'" "Sable rouge;" "Gazon;" "Plate bande a garnier;" and "Arbustes" (twice).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Plan for a Formal Garden; France; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 30.5 × 17.6 cm (12 in. × 6 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-390

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