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Drawing, The Death of Priamus

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and gray ink, gray wash over traces of 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: 37.2 × 24.8 cm (14 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed bottom left

It is inscribed

Written in ink, lower margin: Morte di Priamo Written below in pencil: 24

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Death of Priamus; Italy; pen and gray ink, gray wash over traces of black chalk on paper; H x W: 37.2 × 24.8 cm (14 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-87

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