A Design for Illuminations to Celebrate the Birthday of King George III

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Robert Adam1763

Details

Title: A Design for Illuminations to Celebrate the Birthday of King George III
Creator: Robert Adam(?), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Date Created: 1763
Physical Dimensions: overall: 42.3 x 57.5 cm (16 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Provenance: Acquired 1936 by J. Leslie Wright [1862-1954]; by descent to Mrs. Cecil Keith; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 April 1988, no. 416); John Davidson. Anonymous gift 1991 to NGA.
Medium: watercolor over graphite heightened with white on laid paper

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