BIB_ID
443300
Accession number
MA 23801
Creator
Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734.
Display Date
England?, circa 1713?.
Credit line
Purchased, 1980.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.3 x 30.6 cm
Provenance
Purchased from H.P. Kraus, 17 March 1980. Memorandum 6425. From the Phillipps Collection.
Summary
Appears to be for a mural painting, allegorical in nature, which may have been commissioned in celebration of the Peace of Utrecht. With a description in Thornhill's hand saying scenes to be represented are: "Brittania giveing the Ballance of Power to Europe", "Wisdom sitting with a Plan of Peace", and others.
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