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Drawing, Design for an Urn on a Stand

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Joseph Anton Seethaler II. It is dated 1827-1835 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray, black wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

50.5 × 36.3 cm (19 7/8 × 14 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: J. Whatman / Turkey Mill (Heawood 3464, as 1827)

It is inscribed

Signed (in ink), lower right: "J. Seethaler del."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for an Urn on a Stand; Designed by Joseph Anton Seethaler II (German, 1799–1868); Germany; pen and black ink, brush and gray, black wash on paper; 50.5 × 36.3 cm (19 7/8 × 14 5/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-322

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