Design for a Tablet for a Chimney-Piece with Two Swans in Combat, Enclosed within a Scrolling Cartouche with a Water-Spouting Dragon's Head. Artist: Thomas Johnson (British, 1714-1778). Dimensions: sheet: 8 x 13 1/16 in. (20.3 x 33.2 cm). Date: 1762.Thomas Johnson was an important master carver of Rococo ornament in London during the 1750s and 1760s. This design represents courting swans near crumbling masonry and is contained within a swooping frame adorned with leaves and a spouting dragon. It comes from a suite of six engraved designs for ornamental tablets intended to adorn the center of mantelpieces. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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