Allegorical Design for a Tomb

André Lebrun French

n.d.

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Title: Allegorical Design for a Tomb
Artist: André Lebrun (French, Paris 1737–1811 Wilna)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash over graphite
Dimensions: oval: 17 5/8 x 14 in. (44.8 x 35.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, in memory of E. Dudley H. Johnson and Laurie Vance Johnson, 2004
Object Number: 2004.489.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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