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Drawing, The elevation of a tower-like structure for a firework at the feast of St. Rosalia in Palermo

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780–1810 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pencil with grey and black brush on 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: 31.3 × 61.9 cm (12 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark of a name in an inscription tablet. A stripe is pasted on at the top.

It is inscribed

Caption, written with ink in the upper left corner: Machina de fuaco da incendiarci la/ferza sera in capti occasione ulla festa di/s. Rosalia in Palermo

Cite this object as

Drawing, The elevation of a tower-like structure for a firework at the feast of St. Rosalia in Palermo; Italy; pencil with grey and black brush on paper; H x W: 31.3 × 61.9 cm (12 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2684

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