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Drawing, Montezuma's Palace, Mexico

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Antonio Giuseppe Basoli. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and gray-brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash on laid paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 19.8 × 29.7 cm (7 13/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lining verso: Pensiero rappresentante l'America / del Mexico in America e / Palazzo di Montezuma (A representation of America: Mexico in America. Montezuma Palace)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Montezuma's Palace, Mexico; Designed by Antonio Giuseppe Basoli (Italian, 1774–1843); Italy; pen and gray-brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash on laid paper, lined; H x W: 19.8 × 29.7 cm (7 13/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-351

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