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Sir William Chambers

Design for a Chimneypiece, possibly for Melbourne House (now Albany), Piccadilly, London

1771–75 (?)
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite
17.1 × 9.9 cm (6.7 × 3.9 in)

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