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The chasm at Delphi
History note: Johnstone Sale, Christie's 20 February 1925 (lot 42); Major K.M. Agnew; C. Morland Agnew; George Goyder, by descent, acquired through Christies by Private Treaty Sale
Bought from the Fairhaven, Biffen and Gow Funds with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 642 mm
Width: 920 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
(2005)
by
Fairhaven Fund, The
Biffen Fund
Gow Fund
National Art Collections Fund
Production date: AD/CE 1790
Accession number: PD.3-2005
Primary reference Number: 118366
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118366 Accessed: 2022-01-24 19:17:08
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Accession Number: CM.YG.1121-R
Accession Number: 4167(12)
Accession Number: 3933xxiv
Accession Number: 3933xxx
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