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Design for a Painted Wall

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Elevation of a room with overdoor tablets featuring classical figures. Painted onto the wall is a trompe-l'oeil view of a landscape through pillars. Below, a townscape. Portion of paper missing at lower right.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
ca. 1825
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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