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Drawing, Plan of a Bastion

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1746–1809 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and gray ink, red ink on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

Image: 27.5 x 19.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, throughout. At center, right: A Ingresso (entrance?) / B Corfo di G[uardia] (guard room) / C Sito per Cor[rire] / Soldati (barracks) / D Cisterna (well) / E Cortile (yard); bottom right: Scalini par piallo / 33 (33 steps to the next floor)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Plan of a Bastion; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and gray ink, red ink on off-white laid paper; Image: 27.5 x 19.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1515

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