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Drawing

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Wilton, Joseph (artist)

Design drawn in pen and ink and wash for the chimney-piece in the Library, Milton Abbey, Dorset. Inscribed with scale in feet and on the back 'Great Room below - 36. by 24. Not above five feet high, not much under' and signed with a monogram 'SP[?]'. Numbered '1'.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, wash, drawing
Pen and Ink
Wash
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Design by Joseph Wilton R.A. (1722-1803) for the chimney-piece in the Library, Milton Abbey, Dorset. 18th century.
Physical description
Design drawn in pen and ink and wash for the chimney-piece in the Library, Milton Abbey, Dorset. Inscribed with scale in feet and on the back 'Great Room below - 36. by 24. Not above five feet high, not much under' and signed with a monogram 'SP[?]'. Numbered '1'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
  • Width: 19.1cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1964. London: HMSO, 1965.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Great Room below - 36. by 24. Not above five feet high, not much under' (Inscribed with scale in feet and on the back)
  • 'SP[?]' (and signed with a monogram)
  • '1' (Numbered)
Credit line
Purchased with the aid of the funds of the J. R. Vallentin Bequest
Object history
This drawing was part of Lot 196 at the sale of drawings from the collection of Sir Bruce Ingram, O.B.E., M.C., F.S.A., held at Messrs. Sotheby's, 21 October 1964.
Subject depicted
Chimney Breasts
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1964. London: HMSO, 1965.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.495-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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