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Drawing, Study of clouds, Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francis Augustus Lathrop. It is dated 1893–1894 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by H. A. Hammond Smith.

Its dimensions are

19 × 23.9 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black, lower right, (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: Dark; in crayon, lower right: Rome/ Dec 21 st

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of clouds, Rome, Italy; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper; 19 × 23.9 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.); 1914-38-14

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