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Drawing, Design for Wall and Ceiling Decoration with Grotesques and Plants

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black and brown ink, gray wash, watercolor, and graphite on 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: 57.1 × 41.9 cm (22 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.) Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Wall and Ceiling Decoration with Grotesques and Plants; Italy; black and brown ink, gray wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper; H x W: 57.1 × 41.9 cm (22 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.) Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4145

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