Capriccio, Classical Ruin in Landscape, by Charles Louis Clerisseau

An image of watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, with traces of black chalk underdrawing, on paper, with black wash border, mounted on back of engraving of arch, height 238mm, width 355mm.

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watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, with traces of black chalk underdrawing, on paper, with black wash border, mounted on back of engraving of arch, height 238mm, width 355mm.

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Accession Number: 3642
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 506 pixels
Image width: 760 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 94.91kB
Captured: 2010:02:26 13:44:41

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18th Century Artist/Maker Artistic Movement Clerisseau Country of origin Date Department Enlightenment Exterior Fitz_PDP Interior/Exterior Italian Italy Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Pen Places Names Rome Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCr ancient architectural architecture classical drawing grand tour landscape on paper ruins tourist travellers watercolour ????????????

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