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1911

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Drawing, Project for the entrance wall of a salon with alternative suggestions

This is a Drawing. It was manufactured by Jean-Charles Delafosse. It is dated 1760–70 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and rose and brown washes, graphite on white 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

Sheet: 30.8 x 45 cm (12 1/8 x 17 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Bottom center in pen and black ink: "Galerie D'Amphitrite."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for the entrance wall of a salon with alternative suggestions; Manufactured by Jean-Charles Delafosse (French, 1734–1791); France; pen and ink, brush and rose and brown washes, graphite on white paper; Sheet: 30.8 x 45 cm (12 1/8 x 17 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-44

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