Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Eight views of the country around Moscow and Abughowa

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Heinrich Georg von Berens
active approximately 1800

Eight views of the country around Moscow and Abughowa

Drawings: various dimensions; smallest, 3 1/4 x 7 3/16 inches (83 x 182 mm); largest, 7 x 9 1/2 inches (178 x 242 mm); binding: 11 1/8 x 18 9/16 inches (285 x 472 mm)
1978.51:8-15

Gift of Paul Mellon.

Notes
Watermark: double-headed eagle.
See also: 1978.51:8-15.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on title page, "ANSICHTEN / einiger Gegenden / um / MOSCO und ABUGHOWA"; inscribed on second leaf, "Meinen jungen FREUNDINNEN und FREUNDEN / werden / diese Ansichten von GEGENDEN, / wo ihre ELTERN, im häuslichen Kreise, frohe Stunden verlebten, / gewidmet"; inscribed in graphite on title-page below title, "Views / of some surroundings / at / MOSCO and ABUGHOWA".
Each subject is identified by inscription in pen and black ink on album leaf.
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. 26.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department