Object Timeline

1930

  • Work on this object began.

1932

  • Work on this object ended.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Sketch of an Equestrian Monument

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated ca. 1930–32 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is red pastel, blue pencil on tan paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Robert I. Aitken. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken.

Its dimensions are

22.9 × 19.7 cm (9 × 7 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in red pastel, lower right: Aitken

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketch of an Equestrian Monument; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; red pastel, blue pencil on tan paper; 22.9 × 19.7 cm (9 × 7 3/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1957-122-46

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