- Creator:
- Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
- Title:
- A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud
- Date:
- ca. 1715
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Apoll: carrying off AEneas in a Cloud."; in pen and black ink, verso, center: "Barry."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.954
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- religious and mythological subject | clouds | architectural subject | preparatory drawings | murals | design | mythology | Corinthian (architectural style) | salons | columns (architectural elements) | doors
- Associated Places:
- Roehampton | Surrey | United Kingdom | England
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12737