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Drawing, Project for a Holy Water Font

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1770–1790 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 29.4 × 20.1 cm (11 9/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a Holy Water Font; Italy; pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, on off-white laid paper; H x W: 29.4 × 20.1 cm (11 9/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1126

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