File:Drawing, Design for Library Ceiling, Benton House, Northumberland, England, ca. 1775 (CH 18558821).jpg

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English: Drawing, Design for Library Ceiling, Benton House, Northumberland, England, ca. 1775   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Georges Richardson
Title
English: Drawing, Design for Library Ceiling, Benton House, Northumberland, England, ca. 1775
Description
English: Horizontal format design for a plaster ceiling. Outside are oblong and pentagonal panels, the latter in the corners framed by an interlacing band. The pentagons are decorated with two panels each, those at left with oblongs and pentagons. Most panels show plant candelabra. The oblongs in the center of the long sides show rinceau motifs, the irregular tetragons show disks above crossed branches.
Date circa 1775
date QS:P571,+1775-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium brush and watercolor, pen and ink, black chalk on paper
Dimensions 32.2 x 44.2 cm (12 11/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1940-21-12
Inscriptions Watermark: Strasburg lily; below: G R
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