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Drawing, Stage Design, Town Burning

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Antonio Giuseppe Basoli. It is dated ca. 1810–20 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown 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: 19.8 × 28.3 cm (7 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, bottom margin: F[u]occo (Fire)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Town Burning; Designed by Antonio Giuseppe Basoli (Italian, 1774–1843); Italy; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on paper; H x W: 19.8 × 28.3 cm (7 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-359

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