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Drawing, Design for a Mausoleum

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and watercolor 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

25.7 × 20.8 cm (10 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: IV (similar Headwood 1806)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Mausoleum; France; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 25.7 × 20.8 cm (10 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-512

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