Standing shelf (one of a pair)
ca. 1753–54
Medium
Lacquered and painted pine, mahoogany and British walnut
Dimensions
Overall: 59 × 23 × 10 1/2 in. (149.9 × 58.4 × 26.7 cm)
Classification
Woodwork-Furniture
Culture
British
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession Number
64.101.1125
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
William Linnell|John Linnell · 1703–1763
William Linnell (1826–1906) was a British painter and draftsman born in London. He was the third son of the acclaimed landscape painter John Linnell (1792–1882), a close associate of William Blake whose influence shaped the family’s artistic milieu. William studied at the Royal Academy Schools, where he honed his skills in drawing and painting amid the traditions of British academic art. Linnell ...