DrawingsFrench19th century

A Tomb by a River

19th century

Artists

Alphonse Nicolas-Michel MandevareArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on off-white laid paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

41.5 x 55.5 cm (16 5/16 x 21 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, London, July 6, 1992, lot 128a (bought in)]. [Sotheby's, New York, January 12, 194, lot 67b]. [W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York] sold; to Kathryn and William W. Robinson, Newton, Mass., 1994

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