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Drawing, Doors of a prison, 1780–1790
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1780–1790 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. 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
Image: 20.1 x 17.5 cm (7 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: oval with (?) under crown; Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457e)
It is inscribed
Inscribed, lower right, vertically: 58
Cite this object as
Drawing, Doors of a prison, 1780–1790; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined; Image: 20.1 x 17.5 cm (7 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1705
