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Drawing, Stage Design, Group of Antique Buildings

This is a Drawing. It was created by Giuseppe Borsato. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, graphite, brush and sepia wash on paper; verso: graphite. 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: 18.4 × 28.8 cm (7 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower right: Borsato

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Group of Antique Buildings; Giuseppe Borsato (Italian, 1770 - 1840); Italy; pen and ink, graphite, brush and sepia wash on paper; verso: graphite; H x W: 18.4 × 28.8 cm (7 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-423

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