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Drawing, Ceiling Painted in Pompei
This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, watercolor, ruled borders in pen and black support: white laid 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
45.4 x 29.6 cm (17 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.) image: 37.0 x 21.2 Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Ceiling Painted in Pompei; Italy; pen and black ink, watercolor, ruled borders in pen and black support: white laid paper; 45.4 x 29.6 cm (17 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.) image: 37.0 x 21.2 Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4872
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
