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Drawing, Design for a back panel of a coach
This is a drawing. It was created by Unknown. It is dated 1720–50 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and gray watercolor, pen and ink, black chalk on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Richly decorated carriages were important signifiers of luxury and high social status in Rome from the mid- seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. There are recorded traffic jams caused by disputes over rank regarding whose carriage should yield to whom. Coaches could be used in ceremonial processions, such as the entry of an ambassador into court. Although the intended owner for this coach design is unknown, the figure of Poseidon may symbolize a sea-faring nation.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
30.9 x 23.8 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a back panel of a coach; Unknown; Italy; brush and gray watercolor, pen and ink, black chalk on paper; 30.9 x 23.8 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3251
