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Album Page, Plan and Elevation, Pulpit at Torcello
This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated October 27, 1887 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is graphite on thick cream wove paper 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
31.2 x 23.6 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.), irregular
It is inscribed
Recto, in graphite, top right corner: (inscribed in circle) 76 / 87. Below this: molding on desk; to right of elevation drawing: white and blue... / pillar is pink, white base / the center panel is / light house green with / yellow caused by fungus growth / green yellow et [sic] brown. Above the small molding drawn at right: ... braid bead leaf bead center sculpture; in the margin below, at right: 1604 / by bill 1740. To right of plan drawing: (written perpendicular to drawing) plan front; Pulpit at Torcello / Oct 27th 1887 / this is the pulpit on which Ruskin gives a long sermon.
Cite this object as
Album Page, Plan and Elevation, Pulpit at Torcello; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); Italy; graphite on thick cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric; 31.2 x 23.6 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-147