Recto: horizontal view of a group of old cypress trees bordered by a wood, at right, and by a round wall in masonry work at right and in the rear. Framing lines. Verso: vertically at bottom is an oblique view of a wall bordered by old cypress trees, with the wall shown in the rear. In the opposite direction at the top is a canal with boats in the foreground at right and a crowded square at left; the quai extends toward the right rear where a church and other houses are visible. Date: 1892. Dimensions: 27.3 x 38 cm (10 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.). Medium: black crayon, brush and sepia wash, graphite, pen and brown and black ink, pen and brown ink, sepia wash on paper, watercolor. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Study for The Cypress Trees of Montezuma, Park of Chapultepec, Mexico, 1892 (CH 18369181)
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