Rainstorm, Jamaica
Draughtsman: Minton, John
History note: Jack Beddington; Beddington Sale, Christie's, 25 March 1960, lot 84, bt. Leicester Galleries (on commission) for 90 gns
From the Biffen Fund, through the Leicester Galleries.
Height: 287 mm
Width: 382 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 (1960-04) by Christie's
Black ink
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Pen, black ink, watercolours and bodycolours on paper
Accession number: PD.5-1960
Primary reference Number: 12104
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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