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Drawing, Family Eating Melon

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

16.7 x 25.7 cm (6 9/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Family Eating Melon; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined; 16.7 x 25.7 cm (6 9/16 x 10 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-529

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