After a design for a ceiling painting
Print
1798 (published)
1798 (published)
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| Place of origin |
This print relates to a design by Thornhill (D.45-1891) for a painted ceiling, possibly the drawing room at Thornhill House, Dorset. The four corner designs are almost identical to the drawing but the print inclues a central medallion in which Minerva is seen crowning a portrait of Thornhill. The print was published by Metz in Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings (1798) (see NAL 100.L.14).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | After a design for a ceiling painting (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | After a design for a ceiling by Sir James Thornhill, etching and aquatint, published 1798 |
| Physical description | Etching and aquatint. Reproductive print after a design by Sir James Thornhill, possibly for the ceiling of the drawing room at Thornhill House, Dorset. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | SIR JAMES THORNHILL./In the Collection of Mr Tassaert. |
| Object history | Provenance: purchased from R. Jackson in 1886 |
| Summary | This print relates to a design by Thornhill (D.45-1891) for a painted ceiling, possibly the drawing room at Thornhill House, Dorset. The four corner designs are almost identical to the drawing but the print inclues a central medallion in which Minerva is seen crowning a portrait of Thornhill. The print was published by Metz in Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings (1798) (see NAL 100.L.14). |
| Associated object | D.45-1891 (Original) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1175-1886 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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