Three sepulchral monuments
Two steps lead up. Urns with flames stand at the corners of the upper one. Two women lean upon a sacrophagus which stands upon a dado. A cinerary urn rises on top. A part of the drawing is drawn over lines of a part of a sketched plan.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
1938-88-1269
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