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Drawing, Designs for a Capital, Sarcophagus, and Relief

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Romolo Achille Liverani. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and bistre, gray watercolor, graphite 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: 20.9 × 10 cm (8 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Designs for a Capital, Sarcophagus, and Relief; Designed by Romolo Achille Liverani (Italian, 1809 - 1872); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and bistre, gray watercolor, graphite on paper; H x W: 20.9 × 10 cm (8 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-514

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