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Album Page, Louis XVI Bronze Work

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated April 6, 1888 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white 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

31.7 x 24.8 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, top right corner: 26; bottom right corner: 2; clockwise from center bottom edge: Louis XVI Bronze work - / Paris / April 6 - 1888; key hole - ; frame of medallion on writing desk of / Louis XVI; gilt bronze; Festoon on Vase; frosted bronze / wood; garland on leg of table.

Cite this object as

Album Page, Louis XVI Bronze Work; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); France; brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric; 31.7 x 24.8 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-197

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