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Album Page, City Gate, Basel

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated September 27, 1887 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. William Greenough. It is credited Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.

Its dimensions are

32 x 25 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, clockwise from top center: Roof in black white an yellow; (inscribed in circle) 54 / 66; Basel / Sept 27th 1887.

Cite this object as

Album Page, City Gate, Basel; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); Switzerland; graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric; 32 x 25 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-134

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