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Drawing, Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Unknown. It is dated 1840–60 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims.

Its dimensions are

33.8 x 24.6 cm (13 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso, in graphite: [...] Mutter

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions; Designed by Unknown; Austria; brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper; 33.8 x 24.6 cm (13 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims; 1940-120-50

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