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The Rising of the Pleiades
Draughtsman: Howard, Henry (I)
From the Biffen Fund.
Height: 169 mm
Width: 226 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 (1991) by Powney, Christopher
A study for, or watercolour version of the painting formerly in the collection of Lord de Tabley (see Douglas Hall, 'The Tabley House Papers', 'Walpole Society', vol. XXXVIII, 1960-62, pp. 59-122)
Support composed of laid paper
Watercolour
: Pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper
Pen and ink
Accession number: PD.187-1991
Primary reference Number: 11548
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) "The Rising of the Pleiades" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11548 Accessed: 2023-06-03 06:13:05
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: T.87-1977
Accession Number: ANE.O.35
Accession Number: PD.160-2015
Accession Number: PD.231-1991
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