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Drawing, Design for a Coffee Urn

This is a Drawing. It was attributed to Johann Nepomuk. It is dated 1821-1823 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and gray ink, brush and gray-brown wash, graphite 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

49.1 × 32.5 cm (19 5/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

"N. 18" reddish ink and fragment of "F," black ink, right bottom corner.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Coffee Urn; Attributed to Johann Nepomuk; Germany; pen and gray ink, brush and gray-brown wash, graphite on paper; 49.1 × 32.5 cm (19 5/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-323

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