John Flaxman (1755-1826)
The Pacification of Europe 1821-26
Pen with brown and grey ink over pencil | 14.5 x 38.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 923230
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A pen and ink design for a frieze under the pediment on the east front of Buckingham Palace. Flaxman was commissioned to design the decoration on the facades of the Palace being redesigned by John Nash for George IV, but died before the work was finished. This design, showing the Pacification of Europe, was unexecuted.
Provenance
Sir James Pennethorne; H. Clifford Smith; purchased at Christie's 1981
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Medium and techniques
Pen with brown and grey ink over pencil
Measurements
14.5 x 38.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 23230
