Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813, British
Title:
Design for a Chimney Piece
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and black wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches (26.7 x 36.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Georges Richardson Invt. 1773."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.675
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
acanthus | anthemions | festoons | scrolling foliage | paterae (motifs) | designs | chimneypieces | chimney (architectural element) | architectural subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
Publications:
Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 144, no. 122, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)

Eric R. Wolterstorff, British architectural drawings, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., 1982, p. 21, no. 29, V 0251 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12102