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Courtyard of the Alhambra
Draughtsman: Lewis, John Frederick
History note: Sir Harold Hartley, K.C.V.O.; with Christie's, from whom bt. by Messrs. Colnaghi; with Messrs. Colnaghi a second time, 1963 (bt. 'from a dealer')
From the Biffen Fund.
Height: 259 mm
Width: 358 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 (1963) by P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Whitening
Black chalk
Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of black chalk, with white heightening on paper laid down on card
Accession number: PD.4-1963
Primary reference Number: 11943
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Courtyard of the Alhambra" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11943 Accessed: 2023-01-29 13:52:18
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Accession Number: 2340
Accession Number: P.87-1959
Accession Number: M.1.11-1841
Accession Number: M.1.5-1841
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