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Drawing, Design for an Oblong Ceiling
This is a Drawing. It was designed by George Richardson. It is dated 1773 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Modern Ceiling in an Ancient Style.
It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.
Its dimensions are
33.2 x 50.4 cm (13 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: similar to Churchill 411, below
It is signed
Signed in pen and ink, lower left: George. Richardson Inv. 1773
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for an Oblong Ceiling; Designed by George Richardson (British, ca. 1736 - 1813); England; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper; 33.2 x 50.4 cm (13 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-15
