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Drawing, Design for a Fountain
This is a Drawing. It is dated 1768 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and blue 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
35.9 × 39.9 cm (14 1/8 × 15 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermilk: Churchill 404, right
It is signed
Signed bottom left: Rabié Qui. and Del."
It is inscribed
Inscription: "Anno Domini MDCCLXIX" Bottom margin: the scale "16 Pieds" Caption: "Perspective de la Fontaine a faire sur la place d'armes" Written underneath at left, "le 26 1768/Rabié/Visé, comme celuy de tous les Projets Pour le/Barsui de la fontaine Notre Dame, qui/mérite a mon sens Préference atous Egards/Du Portal."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Fountain; France; pen and ink, brush and blue wash, graphite on paper; 35.9 × 39.9 cm (14 1/8 × 15 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-456
