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Drawing, Entablature in the Classical Style

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Unknown. It is dated 1770–90 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, blue, brown, and gray wash, slight traces of graphite on white laid paper. 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

24.8 x 24.5 cm (9 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Entablature in the Classical Style; Architect: Unknown (Italian); Italy; pen and black ink, blue, brown, and gray wash, slight traces of graphite on white laid paper; 24.8 x 24.5 cm (9 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4601

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Excavating Design: 18th-century Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection.

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