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Sir William Chambers

Design for a Ceiling, an Oval within a Square, having a Criss-cross Border to the Oval, for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire

ca. 1769
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash
38.4 × 44.8 cm (15.1 × 17.6 in)

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