A Design for Illuminations to Celebrate the Birthday of King George III, 1763

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Medium

watercolor over graphite heightened with white on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 42.3 x 57.5 cm (16 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Anonymous Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.100.1

Artists / Makers

Robert Adam (artist) British, 1728 - 1792

Giovanni Battista Cipriani (artist after) Italian, 1727 - 1785

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Rejoicing for the King's Birthday, 1762 / Drawing by Clariceau

Provenance

Acquired 1936 by J. Leslie Wright [1862-1954]; by descent to Mrs. Cecil Keith; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 April 1988, no. 416); John Davidson. Anonymous gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Anonymous
Wright, J. Leslie

Bibliography

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.102.