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Drawing, Stage Design, Sepulchral Building in Egyptian Style

This is a Drawing. It was after Mauro Antonio Tesi. It is dated after 1787 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite on 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

H x W (image): 23 × 16.3 cm (9 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.) H x W (sheet): 27 × 19.2 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.) H x W (mount): 29.5 × 21.6 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, below: Camera Sepulcrale Egizia

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Sepulchral Building in Egyptian Style; After Mauro Antonio Tesi (Italian, 1730 - 1766); Italy; graphite on laid paper; H x W (image): 23 × 16.3 cm (9 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.) H x W (sheet): 27 × 19.2 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.) H x W (mount): 29.5 × 21.6 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-242

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