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.

The Tomb of the Emperor Augustus

Attributed to Charles Garnier
1825-1898

The Tomb of the Emperor Augustus

1889
13 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches (335 x 264 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash and gray wash, on paper.
1982.75:280

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
Garnier designed the Paris Opera House, under construction 1867-1875.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, at lower right, "J. Garnier 1889"; on verso, initialed "F.G."; also on verso, "Samuel Stempel".
Associated names
Stempel, Samuel, former owner.
Jeudwine, Wynne, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department