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Drawing, Cross-section of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique in Paris

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Jean-François Joseph Lecointe. It is dated ca. 1825–40 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is pencil, pen and black ink, pink and green watercolors on tan tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

40.5 × 25.8 cm (15 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

At top: THEATRE DE L'AMBIGU-COMIQUE / COUPE SUR LA LARGEUR. hittorf et Lecointe. arch.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cross-section of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique in Paris; Designed by Jacques Ignace Hittorff (German, 1792–1867), Jean-François Joseph Lecointe; France; pencil, pen and black ink, pink and green watercolors on tan tracing paper; 40.5 × 25.8 cm (15 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1948-40-192

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