Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CLV in the 1754 and 1755 editions, not reprinted in the 1762 edition.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1920
1754
Black ink, gray wash
21.4 x 24.8 cm
20.40.2(99)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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