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Drawing, Stage Design, Antique Buildings

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Romolo Achille Liverani and after Alessandro Sanquirico. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper. 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: 20.6 × 32.8 cm (8 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, verso: Avanzi della Grecia (Ruins of Greece)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Antique Buildings; Designed by Romolo Achille Liverani (Italian, 1809 - 1872); After Alessandro Sanquirico (Italian, 1777 - 1849); Italy; pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper; H x W: 20.6 × 32.8 cm (8 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-307

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