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Design

ca. 1823 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a wall tablet with a pediment above in blue wash on which is an open book.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and wash on wove paper
Brief description
Designs for a wall monumnet by John Bacon the Elder, ca. 1779-1799.
Physical description
Design for a wall tablet with a pediment above in blue wash on which is an open book.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
  • Width: 16.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Sorrow / not as / others / which / have / no / Hope / 1 Thes. / IV. 13.' (Quotation from 1 Thesalonians)
  • 'J. WHATMAN / 1823' (watermark)
Credit line
Given by W/S Fine Art
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.438-2008

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Record createdJanuary 22, 2009
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