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Design for Ormolu plaque in right hand cabinet

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

Accession Number

D.1986.XX.3

Mode of Acquisition

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

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Related Works

Charlemont Medal Cabinet

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 & 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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Collector's mark: none.

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