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Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British, A Design for a Ceiling, undated
- Title:
A Design for a Ceiling
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 x 8 1/8 inches (40.6 x 20.6 cm), Mount: 21 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches (53.7 x 32.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "[...]nding Olympus"
Collector's mark: "W"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4335
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angels | architectural subject | Corinthian (architectural style) | Corinthian order | cupids | men | musical instruments | nudes | organology | religious and mythological subject | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14161
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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