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Drawing, Garden and Street Elevations of a Small Palace

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1814 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

24.1 × 43.8 cm (9 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: cock surmounting a bunch of grapes

It is signed

Signed (in ink), right side: "p. prudent le 16 fevrier 1814."

It is inscribed

Inscribed (in ink), upper left: "Elevation du cote du Jardin;" upper right: "Elevation du cote de la rue."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Garden and Street Elevations of a Small Palace; France; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 24.1 × 43.8 cm (9 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-391

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