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Charles Frederick de Brocktorff
1775-1850
Twelve drawings depicting men and women in Malta
Leaves: 11 x 7 5/8 inches (278 x 194 mm); binding: 11 3/16 x 8 3/8 inches (285 x 219 mm)
Watercolor, pen and black and brown ink, over graphite, on wove paper.
1978.50:1-12
Gift of Paul Mellon.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Each drawing signed below, in pen and black ink, "L.F. von Brocktorff Strada Reale No. 104"; each subject identified by inscription below design. Each leaf inscribed with remarks in a later hand on verso in pen and brown ink.
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. 27.
Classification
Century Drawings
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