Brackets for Bustos, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CXXXII in the 1754 and 1755 editions, but not reprinted in the 1762 edition.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1920
1754
Black ink, gray wash
19.8 x 31.7 cm
20.40.1(79)
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