Design for a Frieze with a Censer, Sphinxes and Acanthus Scrolls
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Gilles Paul Cauvet
Artist bio: French, Aix 1731–1788 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1760–80
Medium: Pen and brown and gray ink, with colored wash, heightened with white
Dimensions: 1 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.  (4.3 x 30. cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1969
Accession year: 1969
Tags: Sphinx|Plants|Censers