Design for a Pier-glass of Oblong Form, the Cresting a Scroll and Urn
1743–1800
Pen and ink, watercolor
35 × 20 cm (13.8 × 7.9 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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