Design for a Clock, Pen and gray ink, brush and yellow, green and brown washes on off-white laid paper, Design for a gilt table clock: a child reaches towards a seated allegorical female figure (Hope?) atop a clock face (its encasing suggesting a rock). The broken, shipwrecked hull of a sailing vessel flanks the bottom of the clock which, in turn, rests on a base decorated with bas relief of Neptune (holding a trident) riding the sea accompanied by a Triton. Flanking the frieze are decorations featuring anchors entwined with rope., 1800–1825, timepieces & measuring devices, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Clock, Pen, gray ink, brush, yellow, green, brown washes, off-white laid paper, Design, gilt table clock, child reaches towards, seated allegorical female figure, Hope?, atop, clock face, encasing suggesting, rock, broken, shipwrecked hull, sailing vessel flanks, bottom, clock, turn, rests, base decorated, bas relief, Neptune, holding, trident, riding, sea accompanied, Triton, Flanking, frieze, decorations featuring anchors entwined, rope, 1800–1825, timepieces & measuring devices, Drawing, Drawing
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