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Drawing, Chimneypiece Design with Cast-iron Grate

This is a Drawing. It was created by Benjamin Dean Wyatt. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is point of brush and gray, rose wash, gray, rose wash, graphite support: white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann.

Its dimensions are

18.5 x 26 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Chimneypiece Design with Cast-iron Grate; Benjamin Dean Wyatt (1755? – l800); England; point of brush and gray, rose wash, gray, rose wash, graphite support: white laid paper; 18.5 x 26 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann; 1948-24-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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