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Album Page, Tile Floor in Oratory, Blois, May 6, 1888

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated May 6, 1888 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. William Greenough. It is credited Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.

Its dimensions are

31.7 x 24.7 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, upper right corner: 29; lower right corner: 27; above drawing: Tile floor in / Oratory - / 1/4 full size - 0.25 = 1 M / Blois / May 6th 1888 / Note: the blue and yellow are / not dark enough.

Cite this object as

Album Page, Tile Floor in Oratory, Blois, May 6, 1888; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); France; brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric; 31.7 x 24.7 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-200

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