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"The Corsair" - a manuscript ballad illustrated by Richard Doyle before his sixteenth year: 3691

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"The Corsair" - a manuscript ballad illustrated by Richard Doyle before his sixteenth year

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Doyle, Richard

Categories

Description

28 sheets bound into a soft-covered book; 24 illustrated pages and four laid paper end pages

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1886)

Note

The following pages are blank and are not recorded elsewhere: pp.1, 2, 27 and 28

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Size Height 253 mm Width 200 mm

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3691
Primary reference Number: 10359
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 29 September 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 11 October 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) ""The Corsair" - a manuscript ballad illustrated by Richard Doyle before his sixteenth year" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/10359 Accessed: 2024-11-05 03:53:53

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/10359 |title="The Corsair" - a manuscript ballad illustrated by Richard Doyle before his sixteenth year |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 03:53:53|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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