Object Timeline

1930

  • Work on this object began.

1932

  • Work on this object ended.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Sketch for an Equestrian Monument

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated ca. 1930–32 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Robert I. Aitken. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken.

Its dimensions are

15.2 × 21.5 cm (6 × 8 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Aitken

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketch for an Equestrian Monument; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; graphite on tracing paper; 15.2 × 21.5 cm (6 × 8 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1957-122-45

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