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Drawing, Design for a Candlestick

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1815-1819 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and brown washes on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

57.1 × 30.9 cm (22 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

"N 45" reddish ink, bottom right.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Candlestick; Germany; pen and ink, brush and brown washes on paper; 57.1 × 30.9 cm (22 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-313

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