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The West View of Thornton Abbey, Lincs.
Draughtsman: Girtin, Thomas
From the Fairhaven Fund.
Height: 197 mm
Width: 269 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: Bought (1966)
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour on paper
Accession number: PD.52-1966
Primary reference Number: 10770
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The West View of Thornton Abbey, Lincs." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/10770 Accessed: 2023-02-02 03:08:37
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Accession Number: P.40-1941
Accession Number: P.38-1941
Accession Number: CM.BI.2020-R
Accession Number: CM.4.399-1922
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