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Drawing, Curtain Design, Soldiers at a Flight of Steps

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 brown ink on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink. 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 × 32 cm (8 11/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: Sipario (Stage Curtain); lower left corner of mounting sheet: -414

Cite this object as

Drawing, Curtain Design, Soldiers at a Flight of Steps; Designed by Angelo Toselli (ca. 1765? – 1826); Italy; pen and brown ink on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink; H x W: 22 × 32 cm (8 11/16 × 12 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-414

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