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Drawing, Elevation and ground floor plan of a mansion, 1800
This is a Drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, blue and red pencil 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
Image: 27.5 x 20.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: "Bird above three mountains, in circle; above: F, below M. Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)
It is inscribed
Below is the plan with inscribed letters "A B E" and dimensions. Caption beside: "A/Ingresso principale/e incontro rimesso/ne per carozze/sopra tutto in/anticarone/seggato B/E scuderia e sop/r/a/ sala de servitori." An account at right; Written with blue pencil: "12" with red and a cross.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Elevation and ground floor plan of a mansion, 1800; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, blue and red pencil on paper; Image: 27.5 x 20.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8088
