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Creator:
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Title:
An Old Battery and Watch Tower in Genoa
Part Of:

Collective Title: A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804

Date:
1802
Materials & Techniques:
Blue wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 5/8 inches (22.4 × 29.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "An old battery and Watch Tower at the point of land between the [...] of [...] | and San Pietro D'Arena - Sestri in the diestance on the right --- Decr 27. 1802-"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "I/19"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.389
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26557
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