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Drawing, Design for the Elevation of a Public Building

This is a Drawing. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is pen and black ink on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

Its dimensions are

35.5 × 51.4 cm (14 × 20 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Strasburg lily with pending beehive over C & I HONIG [Heawood 1854]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for the Elevation of a Public Building; Italy; pen and black ink on white laid paper; 35.5 × 51.4 cm (14 × 20 1/4 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-29

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