Design for Ormolu plaque in right hand cabinet

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Maker

(artist)
1723-1796

Title

Design for Ormolu plaque in right hand cabinet

Date of Production

(circa) 1767 - 1768

Medium

pen and grey and brown inks, grey wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass

Dimensions

Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 29.2 cm

Object Number

D.1986.XX.3

Mode of Acquisition

Christopher Gibbs Ltd., Art Fund and V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1986

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: graphite, 3 vertical lines dividing the sheet into thirds; right centre edge, graphite: "look".

Collector's mark: none.

Provenance

commissioned from the artist by James Caulfield, Lord Charlemont (1728-1799); at Charlemont House, Dublin until circa 1870; P.J. Walsh (Dublin, late 19th century); purchased there by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh and Viscount Elveden (1847-1927), by 1895; Elveden House (Thetford, Norfolk) sale, Christie's (London), 21 May 1984, lot 843; purchased by Christopher Gibbs Ltd (London); purchased there by The Courtauld with the assistance of The Art Fund, V&A Purchase Grant Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund 1986

Exhibition History

Long-term loan to Britain Galleries, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/12/2024-30/11/2027
William Chambers - Architect to George III, National Museum & Stockholm & Sweden, 20/02/1997-20/04/1997
Sir William Chambers - Architect to George III, Somerset House & London & England, 10/10/1996-05/01/1997

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