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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 watercolor, 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 × 41.6 cm (14 1/8 × 16 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: 1v.

It is inscribed

Top- A scale: "22Mod 2=14, Pieds" Bottom margin- "Echelle de 14 pieds" Written underneath (at leaf): "Le 16 obre 1768. Rabié/ vu du Portal/ Le trouvat mieux ordonné et/ certainement d'une moindre de pense/au reste plus degage car sion/donne dans une nouvelle masse/ on a eu fort de detriure la premiere/ a laquelle on pouvoit a toute rigueur/ remedier; D.P."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Fountain; France; pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper; 35.9 × 41.6 cm (14 1/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-466

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