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Drawing, Rome Taken from the Gauls

This is a Drawing. It was created by Armand-Charles Caraffe. It is dated ca. 1810 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolors, white heightening on blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

26 × 30.8 cm (10 1/4 × 12 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

At the back the J. Peoli mark. Sales cat. no. 130.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rome Taken from the Gauls; Armand-Charles Caraffe (1762 – 1820); France; black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolors, white heightening on blue paper; 26 × 30.8 cm (10 1/4 × 12 1/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-265

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