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Drawing, Design for a Chimneypiece, from a group supplied to Mr. Talbot

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1780–1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

18.9 × 19.9 cm (7 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: royal chiffre GR

It is inscribed

Inscribed above: No 1; below A 2nd [and feet. The A had first been written in graphite]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Chimneypiece, from a group supplied to Mr. Talbot; Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 18.9 × 19.9 cm (7 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8213

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