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Drawing, Apartments of Queen Elizabeth of Prussia, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

This is a Drawing. It was created by Elizabeth Pochhammer. It is dated 1864 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is brush and watercolor, white gouache, gold paint over graphite on thick white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This drawing documents Queen Elisabeth of Prussia’s library, study, and breakfast room at Charlottenburg Palace. The interior is an eclectic mix of baroque and rococo furniture from the royal collection and newly fabricated pieces. A rococo-revival carpet, porcelains, and portiere draperies dividing the rooms impart privacy and coziness to this informal bourgeois interior.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the estate of David Wolfe Bishop.

Its dimensions are

24.3 x 30.6 cm (9 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.) Frame H x W x D: 39.7 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm (15 5/8 in. x 19 3/4 in. x 1 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and brown ink, lower left: Elsb. Pochhammer.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Apartments of Queen Elizabeth of Prussia, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin; Elizabeth Pochhammer (German, active Berlin, 1864–1880); Germany; brush and watercolor, white gouache, gold paint over graphite on thick white wove paper; 24.3 x 30.6 cm (9 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.) Frame H x W x D: 39.7 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm (15 5/8 in. x 19 3/4 in. x 1 in.); Museum purchase through gift of the estate of David Wolfe Bishop; 1957-98-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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