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Drawing, Design for Portion of Stairway in Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles Salagnad. It is dated 1872 and we acquired it in 1939. Its medium is brush and ink and watercolor, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Edith Wetmore. It is credited Gift of Edith Wetmore.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 38.7 x 47.1 cm (15 1/4 x 18 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in blue ink: CH. SALAGNAD / PAPIERS PEINTS ET DECORATIONS / 10 RUE ROYALE / PARIS

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Portion of Stairway in Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island; Charles Salagnad (French); USA; brush and ink and watercolor, graphite on paper; Sheet: 38.7 x 47.1 cm (15 1/4 x 18 9/16 in.); Gift of Edith Wetmore; 1939-79-4

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