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Drawing, Design for a Tureen with Alternate Suggestions

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Joseph Anton Seethaler II. It is dated 1825–35 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and wash 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

39 x 48.2 cm (15 3/8 x 19 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: J. WHATMAN (Heawood 3464)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right, cut off: N [?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Tureen with Alternate Suggestions; Designed by Joseph Anton Seethaler II (German, 1799–1868); Germany; pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper; 39 x 48.2 cm (15 3/8 x 19 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-378

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