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Artist and architect Isaac Ware British
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This drawing relates to Isaac Ware's and Thomas Ripley's book "The Plans, Elevations and Sections, Chimney-pieces and Ceilings of Houghton in Norfolk" (first published 1735; second edition 1755 with added "Description of the Pictures at Houghton" by Horace Walpole).
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Title: The Ceiling in the Carlo Maratt Room, Houghton Hall, Norfolk
Artist and architect:
Isaac Ware (British, before 1704–1766 Hampstead)
Date: 1735
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Dimensions: sheet: 15 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. (38.6 x 26.6 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.62.42r(b)
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