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Drawing, Project for a Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1800–1830 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is graphite, brush and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

It has the following markings

Watermark: star on a triple mount in ovoid

It is inscribed

Written in ink, on verso: N8 /12

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a Ceiling; Italy; graphite, brush and ink on paper; Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-34

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