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Drawing, Elevation of a Town Mansion

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated ca. 1795 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

20.4 x 27.9 cm (8 1/16 x 11 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)

It is inscribed

Written top left: "13"; top right: "Libraro sc 2:/Accesso (?) sc 3-"; right bottom corner, vertically: "N 82."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Elevation of a Town Mansion; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white paper; 20.4 x 27.9 cm (8 1/16 x 11 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1060

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