Journey by Sedan Chair
date: label: Date
content: 1828
name: label: Designer
content: Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. A man riding upon a horse which carries luggage beside him, leads the front mule carrying with another a sedan chair in which a woman and a man sit. A driver with a long stick walks at right. A dog accompanies the caravans. In the background are the sea, Vesuvius and other mountains. Framing lines. Signature in the lower right corner: "1828/Gatta f."
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-73-6
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.6 × 25.7 cm (7 11/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: (Mat): 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)