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James Wyatt, 1746–1813, British, Cobham Hall, Kent: Drawing at large for the ornament in the center of the ceiling of the vestibule at Cobham, 1791
- Title:
Cobham Hall, Kent: Drawing at large for the ornament in the center of the ceiling of the vestibule at Cobham
- Date:
- 1791
- Medium:
- Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 1/4 x 40 inches (56.5 x 101.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Drawing at large for the Ornament in the center of the Ceiling | of the Vestibule at Cobham | Earl Darnley"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center right: "No 5 Vestibule", "Soffet in front 5-9 In | Do at Back 4.6 In | Sink [?plane] as Vestbiule | 2 Inch [...]"; in graphite, upper right "(74/8/14/14) (114) | (IR93)"
Signed in black ink, upper center: "Dec 19th 1791"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.909
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | ceilings | ornament
- Associated Places:
- Cobham | Cobham Hall | England | Europe | Kent | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13490
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