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Drawing, Decorated Coach Body

This is a Drawing. It was created by Felice Giani. We acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, colored washes over black chalk on paper.. 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

H x W: 22.2 × 27.3 cm (8 3/4 × 10 3/4 in.) Mat: 14 × 18 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower Left, Italian: La fascia di mezzo, fondo / d'oro verde e / simile ne tondu. Lower right, Italian: Per le felze a sedere [falze is felze, the cabin of a gondola]. Top right: "25" in blue pencil These inscriptions are not Giani's hand.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Decorated Coach Body; Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, colored washes over black chalk on paper.; H x W: 22.2 × 27.3 cm (8 3/4 × 10 3/4 in.) Mat: 14 × 18 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-610

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