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A massacre of the Britons at Stonehenge
Draughtsman: Flaxman, John
Height: 492 mm
Width: 694 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1916) by Murray, Charles Fairfax
Support composed of laid paper ( laid down)
Pen and ink : Graphite, pen and ink and grey wash on laid paper, laid down
Accession number: 832/1c
Primary reference Number: 10611
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "A massacre of the Britons at Stonehenge" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/10611 Accessed: 2023-02-01 04:22:24
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: 832/1d
Accession Number: M.10-1928
Accession Number: PD.66-1996
Accession Number: 1070(5).f.10
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