Design for a Chimneypiece with a Classical Cornice, for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, Dining Room
ca. 1769
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, touches of watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. (21.3 x 29.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
Accession Number
34.78.2(10)
Tags
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...