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Drawing, Design for Library Ceiling, Benton House, Northumberland, England

This is a Drawing. It was designed by George Richardson. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and ink, black 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

32.2 x 44.2 cm (12 11/16 x 17 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Strasburg lily; below: G R

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: Ceiling of Library for Thomas Charles Bigge Esque at Benton; in red color pencil, verso: no. 20

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Library Ceiling, Benton House, Northumberland, England; Designed by George Richardson (British, ca. 1736 - 1813); England; brush and watercolor, pen and ink, black chalk on paper; 32.2 x 44.2 cm (12 11/16 x 17 3/8 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-12

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