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Drawing, Stage Design, Seaport

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Pietro Narducci. It is dated after 1828 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia 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: 11.3 × 15.1 cm (4 7/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, at bottom: La Muta di Portici racconta alla sua famiglia la serie di sue sventure. (The dumb woman of Portici tells her family about her misfortune.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Seaport; Designed by Pietro Narducci (Italian, active 1809 - 1841); Italy; pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia wash on paper; H x W: 11.3 × 15.1 cm (4 7/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-362

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