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"...Ye artiste repozing on the west side of ye wonderfulle bedde": 1087/3

Object information

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Titles

"...Ye artiste repozing on the west side of ye wonderfulle bedde"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Lear, Edward

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Through the National Art Collections Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 170 mm
Width: 211 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1923-06) by Squire, William Barclay

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( blue, laid down)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper, laid down on album sheet

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: No. 3
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: (the numbers 1-21)
  • Location: Throughout the drawing
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: Ye Prospecte is taken from ye North side of ye beautifulle chamber, with ye. artiste / reposing on the west side of ye. wonderfulle bedde.
  • Location: Below the drawing
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: numbers correspond to numbers in drawing

  • Text: 1. ye. wonderfulle Bedde. / 2. ye artist his head _ / 3 _____ his porz. / 4 ______ his Toze / 5 ye long sofa.
  • Location: Below the drawing, left
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: numbers correpond to numbers in drawing

  • Text: 6. ye artist, his garmintz. / 7. ye orse. / 8. ye towls. / 9. ye gallery daw. / 10 ye washanstan.
  • Location: Below the drawing, mid-left
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: numbers correspond to numbers in drawing

  • Text: 11. ye greate jugge.. / 12. 12,12, ye jugges of ot water. / 13ye glass. / 14 ye toothbrush. / 15. ye nalebrush.
  • Location: Below drawing, mid-right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: numbers correpond to numbers in drawing

  • Text: 16 ye sope / 17 ye bedcurtings. / 18 ye slepper. / 19 ye boots / 20 ye artist his beard. (and to the right:) 21. His sparticles
  • Location: Below drawing, right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1087/3
Primary reference Number: 11794
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) ""...Ye artiste repozing on the west side of ye wonderfulle bedde"" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11794 Accessed: 2024-03-29 09:56:43

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11794 |title="...Ye artiste repozing on the west side of ye wonderfulle bedde" |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 09:56:43|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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