Two Frieze Designs: Decorated with Birds, Reptiles and Vines, Griffins and Vases

Two Frieze Designs: Decorated with Birds, Reptiles and Vines, Griffins and Vases

Attributed to Thomas Hardwick

1776 - 1779 Drawing

34.78.2(85)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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