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Drawing, The Watch Tower in the Castle in Heidelberg

This is a Drawing. It was created by Eugène Edouard Soulès. It is dated 1833 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is graphite, black crayon on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

26.3 × 20.4 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp: on verso in red ink, lower right: VENTE / E SOULÈS

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, upper left: 33

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Watch Tower in the Castle in Heidelberg; Eugène Edouard Soulès (French, 1811–1876); France; graphite, black crayon on paper; 26.3 × 20.4 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-73-203

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