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Drawing, Design for the Cresting on the Back of a Coach

This is a Drawing. It was drafted by Unknown. It is dated 1833–40 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite on off-white machine made 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

Sheet: 30.5 x 45.8 cm (12 x 18 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

watermark: coat of arms and framed portrait of Pope Gregory XVI; below: GVIDO PANTINI S. ANATOLIA 1833

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Cresting on the Back of a Coach; Drafted by Unknown (Italian); Italy; graphite on off-white machine made laid paper; Sheet: 30.5 x 45.8 cm (12 x 18 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5374

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