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The Grotto at Eldon Road Study of the Grotto at Eldon Road
Draughtsman: Nash, Paul
History note: With Leicester Galleries, 1938, from whom bought by Edward James; Edward James Foundation; with Anthony D'Offay and James Kirkman
From the Fairhaven Fund with a matching contribution from the V&A Grant-in-Aid.
Height: 582 mm
Width: 396 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 (1981) by Fairhaven Fund, The Victoria and Albert Museum grant-in-aid
Watercolour
Coloured chalk
Graphite
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Recto: graphite, traces of coloured chalk and watercolour; verso: graphite on paper
Accession number: PD.1-1981
Primary reference Number: 12155
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: P.14342-R-8
Accession Number: 3032
Accession Number: P.14411-R-6
Accession Number: 433
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