Landscape

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau German

1785

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Title: Landscape
Artist: Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (German, Leipzig 1745–1808 Dresden)
Date: 1785
Medium: Watercolor, pen and ink over graphite; framing lines in pen and ink
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 14 in. (27 x 35.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2007
Object Number: 2007.117
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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