What medium is "Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent"?

Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent is Pen and brown ink, brush and wash.

Is "Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent" in the public domain?

Yes, Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent

Q: When was "Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1773.

Sir William Chambers

ca. 1773

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and wash

Dimensions

sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 in. (30.3 x 20.3 cm)

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number

49.56.19

About the Artist

Sir William Chambers · 1723–1796

### Sir William Chambers (1723–1796) Born on 23 February 1723 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to parents of Scottish descent—his father a merchant—Sir William Chambers embarked on an extraordinary path that bridged continents and cultures. At just 16, after initial education in England, he joined the Swedish East India Company, undertaking three voyages to China in the 1740s. These journeys profoundly sha...

Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent

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