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The ration carrier: 941

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The ration carrier

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Kennington, Eric Henri

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 628 mm
Width: 495 mm

Relative size of this object

49.5 m62.8 m What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1918-12) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

White chalk
Blue chalk
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( brown)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Black, white and blue chalk, on brown paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: 941
Primary reference Number: 11737
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The ration carrier" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11737 Accessed: 2023-03-22 16:43:05

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