Design for the frontispiece to joshua kirby's 'the perspective of architecture' (1761); landscape, with river, domed temple to right and city at centre; in the foreground left, the upper part of a column, its shape suggestive of roman fasces and its capital bearing emblems of the prince of wales, and behind it a sheet of paper with geometrical figures; at centre, a cupid seated on the ground beside a compass, a book on his knees inscribed "andrea paladio", lifting a finger to a ray of light from the setting sun, which illuminates the paper. Red chalk. Date: 1760. Dimensions: Height: 225 mm; Width: 383 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Joshua Kirby. Collection: British Museum. Print study, drawing (BM 1860,0728.65)
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