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1948

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Drawing, Design for Stained Glass Window

This is a Drawing. It was made for (as the client) Sir Walter Sterling of Drumpellier. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann.

Its dimensions are

49.1 × 35.7 cm (19 5/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Not approved / Sir Walter Stirling; in pen and ink, upper center: No 30

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Stained Glass Window; Client: Sir Walter Sterling of Drumpellier (Scottish, 1780–1864); brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper; 49.1 × 35.7 cm (19 5/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann; 1948-24-25

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