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Drawing, Sea Cintaur Combats Sea Monster, ca. 1805

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1805 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

  • Print, Pendant Design
  • engraving on paper.
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
  • 1921-6-469-15

Its dimensions are

23.6 × 24.5 cm (9 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sea Cintaur Combats Sea Monster, ca. 1805; Italy; pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper; 23.6 × 24.5 cm (9 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-498

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