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Drawing, Study for Noah's Ark, Plate 40, Physica Sacra

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Johann Melchior Füssli and written by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer and published by Christian Ulrich Wagner. It is dated before 1731 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and grey, black wash, pen and black ink on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

Its dimensions are

30.1 × 19.2 cm (11 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for Noah's Ark, Plate 40, Physica Sacra; Designed by Johann Melchior Füssli (Swiss, 1677–1736); Written by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (Swiss, 1672–1733); Published by Christian Ulrich Wagner; Switzerland; brush and grey, black wash, pen and black ink on cream laid paper; 30.1 × 19.2 cm (11 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-110-2

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