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Drawing, Architectural Fantasy: Buildings, Monuments and Stairways

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles Michel-Ange Challe. It is dated 1750–1770 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and red crayon with brown, gray and black washes on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

28.4 × 42.7 cm (11 3/16 × 16 13/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Architectural Fantasy: Buildings, Monuments and Stairways; Charles Michel-Ange Challe (French, 1718 – 1778); France; pen and red crayon with brown, gray and black washes on laid paper; 28.4 × 42.7 cm (11 3/16 × 16 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-1

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