DrawingsFrench18th century

Architectural Caprice: Interior of a Prison

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

pen, brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream antique-laid paper (affixed to old mount)

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 21.4 x 15.9 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.138

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