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James Thornhill

Flora Design for Closet Ceiling (left) and Statue of Apollo Design for Blank Niche (right), for Bateman House, London

c. 1718
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper
23.5 × 34 cm (9.3 × 13.4 in)

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