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Drawing, Design for a Plaster Ceiling with Bay

This is a Drawing. It was designed by James Wyatt. It is dated 1746–1813 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on heavy wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

Its dimensions are

43 x 33 cm (16 15/16 x 13 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Plaster Ceiling with Bay; Designed by James Wyatt; England; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on heavy wove paper; 43 x 33 cm (16 15/16 x 13 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-46

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