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Drawing, Antique Buildings on Hillside

This is a Drawing. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink on paper; verso: pen and brown ink. 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

H x W: 20.4 × 29.3 cm (8 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, bottom center: L'antro descritto da Ana cap[ri?] (The cave shown at Ana cap[ri])

Cite this object as

Drawing, Antique Buildings on Hillside; Italy; pen and ink on paper; verso: pen and brown ink; H x W: 20.4 × 29.3 cm (8 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-222

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