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1943

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Album Page, Tile Floor, Château de Blois

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated May 6, 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

31.9 x 24.7 cm (12 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, upper right corner: 28; lower right corner, 26; below drawing, at right: Tile floor Henry III / Blois / May 6th 1888 / scale = 1/4.

Cite this object as

Album Page, Tile Floor, Château de Blois; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); France; brush and watercolor, graphite on thick cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric; 31.9 x 24.7 cm (12 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-199

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