Design for Sacrificial Urn between Sphinxes
Sir William Chambers (1722 - 1796)
Pen and ink with wash on paper
c.1775-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House
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- Places
- England, London, Somerset House
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), ink, Ink drawing, wash
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Details
- Title
- Design for Sacrificial Urn between Sphinxes
- Date
- c.1775
- Medium
- Pen and ink with wash on paper
- Dimensions
- height: 39.00 cm, width: 42.50 cm
- Acquisition
- Transferred from HM Revenue and Customs, January 2011
- Inscription
- b: RIVER FRONT CORNICE OF BACK FRONT ON THE WINGS OF TERRACE SOMERSET HOUSE; br: SKETCH BY CHAMBERS / ARCHITECT
- Provenance
- Bequest of Sir Ernest Clark to the Inland Revenue, 1951 (received 1972); transferred to GAC January 2011
- GAC number
- 10255