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1914

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2015

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Drawing, Fantasy. A staircase in a park, in ruins.

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is black crayon, brush and wash with black ink.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 22.7 x 30.9 (8 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Strasburg lily

Cite this object as

Drawing, Fantasy. A staircase in a park, in ruins.; France; black crayon, brush and wash with black ink.; Sheet: 22.7 x 30.9 (8 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1914-21-28

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