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Drawing, Elevation of a church
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1796 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid 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
19.8 x 27.2 cm (7 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower margin: Ordine Dorico; Prospetto deciso alla Pianta/segnata L.A. [Prospect decided upon for the plan indicated with L.A.]; lower right corner, vertically: "35."
Cite this object as
Drawing, Elevation of a church; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper; 19.8 x 27.2 cm (7 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1235
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
