- Creator:
- Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796, British
- Title:
- Design for Ceiling
- Date:
- ca. 1765
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black and brown ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 x 9 3/8 inches (33 x 23.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "No 13 Berners Street"; in pen and brown ink, within drawing, overall plan 15:6 by 22:10.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.115
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- centaurs | lyres | ceiling | anthemions | mythology | decoration, interior | festoons | vines | architectural subject | roundels
- Associated Places:
- England | Westminster | United Kingdom | London
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7911