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Print, Recto: Rovine del Teatro di Marcello (Ruins of the Theater of Marcellus); verso: Design for Diagram of Theatrical Mechanisms

This is a Print. It is dated 1780 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is letterpress and engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch.

Cite this object as

Print, Recto: Rovine del Teatro di Marcello (Ruins of the Theater of Marcellus); verso: Design for Diagram of Theatrical Mechanisms; Italy; letterpress and engraving on paper; Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch; 1962-192-1-7

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