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Drawing, Stage Design, Underground Vaulted Space with Tombs, early 19th century

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Angelo Toselli. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and pale green, pink, and gray wash, graphite on laid paper, laid down. 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: 22.7 × 30.3 cm (8 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Toselli

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Underground Vaulted Space with Tombs, early 19th century; Designed by Angelo Toselli (ca. 1765? – 1826); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and pale green, pink, and gray wash, graphite on laid paper, laid down; H x W: 22.7 × 30.3 cm (8 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-393

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