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Seated female figure, nude, viewed from the rear: 2062

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Seated female figure, nude, viewed from the rear

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Fuseli, Johann Heinrich

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Notes

History note: Charles Ricketts and Charles Haslewood Shannon

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 341 mm
Width: 252 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

1800s
1805 - 1810

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Watercolour
Whitening
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Graphite, grey wash and watercolour with white highlights on laid paper; some lines incised (?) with a stylus around the lower contours of the body

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 2062
Primary reference Number: 10678

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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