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Jean-Baptiste Adanson
1732-1803
View of a port with large ships in foreground
11 1/8 x 17 3/8 inches (283 x 441 mm)
Black ink on paper
1978.52:27
Gift of Paul Mellon.
Notes
In volume 1 of Vues et antiquités d'Egypte (1978.52:1-112)
Mounted with 1978.52:26; on facing mat, below image, in graphite: 4eme Vüe; lower right corner, in graphite: 5.
Mounted with 1978.52:26; on facing mat, below image, in graphite: 4eme Vüe; lower right corner, in graphite: 5.
Inscriptions/Markings
Below image, in ink and graphite: 4eme Vüe.
Associated names
Mellon, Paul, former owner.
Bibliography
Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1981, p. 25-26.
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Century Drawings
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