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1943

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Album Page, Architectural Details from Orleans, Metalwork from Blois

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated May 5, 1888 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is brush and watercolor, 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 x 23.5 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, upper right corner: 27; lower right corner: 25; in drawings, clockwise from upper left: well / Orleans May 5th 1888; Door to Diane de Poitiers house / Orleans May 5th 1888; (written on ruled lines): Full sized Detail / Total length - M 0.173; Door latch / Blois / 1/2 execution / Profile of knob.

Cite this object as

Album Page, Architectural Details from Orleans, Metalwork from Blois; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); France; brush and watercolor, graphite on thick cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric; 31 x 23.5 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-198

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