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1940

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Drawing, Design for a Square Ceiling

This is a Drawing. It was designed by George Richardson and from the office of Robert Adam. It is dated 1770–75 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is pen and gray and black ink, brush and rose and green watercolor 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

50.9 x 52 cm (20 1/16 x 20 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: similar to Churchill 411, above; stamp in black ink. lower left: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Square Ceiling; Designed by George Richardson (British, ca. 1736 - 1813); Office of Robert Adam (British, 1728–1792); England; pen and gray and black ink, brush and rose and green watercolor on paper; 50.9 x 52 cm (20 1/16 x 20 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-14

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