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Drawing, Porta della Carta, Palazzo Ducale, Venice

This is a Drawing. It was created by Walter Shirlaw. It is dated April 1872 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Walter Shirlaw. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw.

Its dimensions are

36 × 29.7 cm (14 3/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Wm.: ...nas (?) enzengniss / Innsbruck

It is signed

Signed with initials, lower left.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "WS- / Venezia April 72- / side entrance of the Palazzo Ducale, leading to the giants Stairway"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Porta della Carta, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909); USA; graphite on paper; 36 × 29.7 cm (14 3/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw; 1912-16-38

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