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Artist: Kent, William (3)

Period: 18th century (4787)

Type: ink (2963)

Style: British (2582)

Subjects: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 (1)

Keywords
busts (1091) | chimneys (architectural elements) (96) | design drawings (88) | designs (344) | interior spaces (2036) | reliefs (3406)

Design for the hall chimney piece of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, with marble bust of Sir Robert Walpole by Rysbrack

1726

Kent, William    more

Pen and ink on paper

height: 23.9 cm; width: 17 cm

Inscription
Pen and ink, centre, recto, as part of the design, Houghton
Signed, dated, pen and ink, verso, Wm Kent/ 1726

Acquisition
Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir); 1952
D.1952.RW.3217

Copyright: © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London