T. Hilff

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T. Hilff
fl ca. 1839
Portfolio of twelve drawings of Men and Women in Tyrolean Costume
[18--]
Pen and black ink, watercolor, some with touches of gold and silver, over black chalk, on Bristol board.
Drawings: approx. 7 1/8 x 6 inches (182 x 152 mm); portfolio: 11 3/16 x 8 15/16 inches (284 x 224 mm)
Gift of Paul Mellon.
1978.45:1-12
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Watermark: none.
Twelve drawings in a portfolio entitled "Tyrolian Costumes: Original Watercolors," set into green paper mounts.

Inscription: 

Most of the drawings signed below in pen and black ink, "T. Hilff"; inscribed below, "F. Unterberger Innsbruck"; each subject identified by inscription below design area.

Provenance: 
Paul Mellon.
Associated names: 

Mellon, Paul, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 29.

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