Design for Ormolu plaque in right hand cabinet
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(artist)
1723-1796
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
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.
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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