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Drawing, Fender
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1775 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite 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: 27 x 19.8 cm (10 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: bird above triple mount with C N beside, in circle, above F; Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d) Watermark: bird above triple mount with "C N" beside, in circle; above "F" (RB'45)
It is inscribed
Inscription at right: capo foco da farsi in/ metallo per L'Esma/ Duchessa Grilla, scarta/ to per la spesa; questo/ figura li tre Elementi/ che sostegano il quarto/ non potendo star uno/ senza l'altro. A 1775. (RB'45)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Fender; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined; Image: 27 x 19.8 cm (10 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1978
