drawing
- Museum number
- 1949,0411.87
- Description
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Design for the decoration of a corner of a ceiling; with a sphinx, satyr, putti and scrolling acanthus
Pen and brown ink, grey-green wash, over black chalk
- Production date
- 1777-1842
- Dimensions
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Height: 261 millimetres
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Width: 451 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
According to Dodgson's inventory card, purchased by him from Colnaghi's on 30 December 1937 for £4; James Byam Shaw of Colnaghi had acquired it in Venice in 1937.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1949,0411.87