- Creator:
- Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
- Title:
- A Design for a Ceiling
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 x 8 1/8 inches (40.6 x 20.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "[...]nding Olympus"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4335
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- religious and mythological subject | cupids | architectural subject | angels | Corinthian (architectural style) | men | organology | musical instruments | women | Corinthian order | nudes
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14161