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Design Drawing

09/1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of an antique consular chair, in pen and ink and watercolour, on paper. It depicts an ornate chair with two beasts holding up each leg. It is marked as being from the 'Museum of the Vatican at Rome.' The drawing is in a portrait format and is attached to one page of the album.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing of an antique consular chair, September 1795, by Charles Heathcote Tatham
Physical description
Drawing of an antique consular chair, in pen and ink and watercolour, on paper. It depicts an ornate chair with two beasts holding up each leg. It is marked as being from the 'Museum of the Vatican at Rome.' The drawing is in a portrait format and is attached to one page of the album.
Credit line
Accepted by H M Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria & Albert Museum, 2000
Collection
Accession number
E.1310:35-2001

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Record createdAugust 1, 2001
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