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Drawing, Design for an Oblong Plaster Ceiling
This is a Drawing. It was designed by George Richardson. It is dated 1780–90 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and wash, black and gray chalk on 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
33 x 40.2 cm (13 x 15 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: I * PORTAL; Stamp in black ink, upper left: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration
It is inscribed
Inscribed in red chalk, verso: G 504 c
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for an Oblong Plaster Ceiling; Designed by George Richardson (British, ca. 1736 - 1813); England; brush and wash, black and gray chalk on paper; 33 x 40.2 cm (13 x 15 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-11