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Sir William Chambers

Design for a Chimneypiece (recto); Sketches for Column Bases (verso)

1740–1800
Recto: pen and brown and red ink, brush and yellow-green wash Verso: graphite
24 × 29.7 cm (9.4 × 11.7 in)

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