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Two long reliefs with classical subjects,
18th century

possibly French

1997-557

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Title

Two long reliefs with classical subjects

Dates

18th century

Medium

Pen and dark ink, brown wash, over graphite

Dimensions

10.5 x 14.6 cm (4 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder of the Class of 1989 and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III, in memory of Alphaeus Hyatt Mayor, Class of 1922, George Rodney Meneely, Class of 1933, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule, Jr., Class of 1917

Object Number

1997-557

Culture

French

Type

drawings

Materials

laid paper, wash, ink, graphite

Subject

figures (representations), horses, reliefs

around 1960, purchased from a British lady through Donald Strong; Emily Townsend Vermeule and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III; Gift to the Princeton University Art Museum

Sheet from a sketchbook

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., pp. 172–173 (illus.)

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Possibly French, Two long reliefs with classical subjects, 18th century. Pen and dark ink, brown wash, over graphite; 10.5 x 14.6 cm. Gift of Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder of the Class of 1989 and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III, in memory of Alphaeus Hyatt Mayor, Class of 1922, George Rodney Meneely, Class of 1933, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule, Jr., Class of 1917 (1997-557) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/10286

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